Is the I7 6500u a good processor?

[wimzikel]

■ Hi all I need to get a new laptop for work and it has to have TPM. I've been looking around and found a HP probook 450 g3/8gb/500hdd(anyone have experience with this model?) that comes with this processor for about $1000, which is just about the extent of my budget as I already have a gaming laptop.

So basically what I'll be using it for is having multiple browser windows open with at least 10 tabs each, loading different images on those tabs (lists and lists of images), having notepad open, excel open, and maybe a couple other office related activities going on. I'll be constantly adding new tabs and scrolling past blocks of text and images.

Is this a decent processor for this type of use?

Also I'm planning on adding SSD to the laptop - how much memory would you recommend and am I supposed to keep the hard drive in or just replace it with the SSD altogether? I won't be using the laptop for anything else other than work so nothing will be installed on it except office software and the music I've downloaded.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[IDProG]

Yes, i7-6500U is powerful enough for just that.
I don't know how much slots your laptop has, so I can't suggest to replace the HDD or keep it. 128GB-256GB is good if your laptop is able to keep the HDD. If not, then you might need more.

 

[grmnlxndr]

Hi, the i7 6500u is a good processor, but you have to take in consideration that it is a low wattage dual core CPU. For your work use would be enough, but you can consider a i5 6xx0u as it is basically the same cpu with slightly lower clocks and less L3 cache (and obviously less price). Or, in the other hand you can get a i5 6300hq with a real quad core cpu, but higher energy consumption.

Regards

 

[wimzikel]

Thanks for the answers so far. Is it worth it to get a quad core processor for these uses or would that be overkill? I do need it to be really fast but I haven't seen many in this budget/category with a quad core.