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If it was for me I could use something like that. But I don't think the person I'll give the pc to would be able to lol
I think what you need is LXQT in that case. It's light while still being a DE.
Could you tell me what would be lacking? There's a surprising amount of bells and whistle s you can add to the setup. Check out bunsenlabs distro for an example.
If it's for someone else, I'd pick Mate or XFCE. Should feel familiar to Windows (which is what I'd guess they're coming from), and it should be light enough to work on that hardware.
ElementaryOS comes with Pantheon, which is also very light, iirc, and it might be worth trying out via a live ISO.