The notebook is generally an HP from 2017.
The processor:
Amd A 12 9700p from the end of 2016. Quad Core with 4x 2.5 GHz with Turbo Boos up to 3.4 GHz. DDR4 mainboard.
GPU: ADM Radeon R7
In addition, of course, an SSD and 8 Gb Ram.
My requirements would be:
Word, Excel, surfing, watching films, watching streams. Multi-tasking such as stream and surfing.
I would say roughly a multimedia notebook. I don't want to play big games or edit videos or anything.
I could get it for a low 3-digit amount from a friend. Should price / performance be enough if you have a low budget?
Yes.
He's easily enough for that.
So you can forget to play games.
It's not a racket, but it is easily enough.
You don't need a Bentley to go shopping.
Technically, it is enough because AMD's efforts to achieve reasonable GPU performance and functionality relative to the CPU cores have long since paid off (e).
Only when it comes to energy efficiency is there still a problem, because the AMD A-9000 series is still based on the old "bulldozer - basic principle" and is therefore by far not as energy efficient as, for example, one that is considerably faster in all respects, but nevertheless overall more economical Ryzen 3 - 2200u / 2300u (the latter hardly available) can and will work.
Without an emergency wall to certain requirements for increased battery life, you can access it at a low price with a very low budget.
Otherwise, despite small cuts in the theoretical graphics performance, it might be better to use a book with Ryzen 3 - 2200u / 3200u for the purposes mentioned for more efficiency and mobility.
Word, Excel, surfing, watching films, watching streams.
Multi-tasking such as stream and surfing.
A book with Ryzen 3 - 2300u / 3300u would be better, since these processors come with real 4 cores + Vega 6 instead of 2 cores + SMT and Vega 3 compared to 2200u / 3200u.
A12-9700p offers 2 "Bulldozer" modules with 4 integer threads, but is relatively weak in terms of efficiency and floating point performance. (Only one FPU unit and two integer shedulars per module)
For Multitask + Stream, however, I would rather save a little more in your place and then go straight to Ryzen 5 - 2500u / 3500u with 4 cores / 8 threads and Vega 8 graphics. Sometimes such books are offered as remaining stock (new goods) for less than 500 euro with 8 GB of RAM in 15 "format.
16 GB and a fast SSD with at least 256 GB to better than 512 GB would be better.
Therefore, if possible, save a little for a corresponding 15 to 16 "book with Ryzen 5… 🤔
