Recently, companies like AMD have released their latest sales data, showing that market demand is average, which has caused their stock prices to plummet. For ordinary consumers, the signal is that CPUs, memory, graphics cards, and other components are now in surplus, making it highly likely that prices for laptops and desktops will drop.
As a result, we see several laptops with the i5-12500H processor dropping in price to below 5000 Yuan. Based on the current trend, there should be plenty of options under 5000 Yuan in the short term, so there’s no need to rush—just wait and see who lowers prices.
The first model is the Asus A豆14, priced at 4599 Yuan, and can drop to 4299 Yuan, but only for a limited time.
The A豆14 laptop features an i5-12500H processor with 12 cores and 16 threads, including 4 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores, with a turbo frequency of up to 4.5GHz and a power consumption of 45W. It has an integrated GPU with 80 execution units.
Memory is 16GB DDR4 3200MHz with one slot, supporting a maximum of 40GB of memory. The storage is a 512GB NVMe SSD. The screen is 14 inches, with a resolution of 1920×1200, a refresh rate of 60Hz, 100% sRGB color gamut, and 300nit brightness.
The keyboard has a key distance of 19mm, a micro-dome of 0.2mm, and a key travel of 1.4mm, with an antibacterial coating on the surface for comfort and health.
Connectivity includes three USB ports, one HDMI, one USB-C, and a headphone jack. The left side has a large air outlet, with a large fan and dual heat pipes to ensure the release of 45W performance.
It features a noise-canceling microphone, noise-canceling camera, WiFi 6 network, a 50Wh battery, and weighs 1.5Kg, with a 2-year warranty and pre-installed Windows 11.
Compared to the A豆14 Pro’s 2560×1600 resolution and 400nit brightness screen, this model does fall short, but the performance remains unchanged, making it a good consideration for those focused on 45W performance.
The second model is the HP Star 14 Pro, which has been temporarily reduced to 4699 Yuan.
This model is the HP P14-eh0001TU, equipped with the i5-12500H processor, along with 16GB DDR4 3200MHz memory, and a 512GB M.2 SSD, featuring the integrated Iris Xe graphics.
The screen is 14 inches, with a resolution of 2240*1400, a 16:10 aspect ratio, 300nit brightness, supporting DC dimming, and 100% sRGB color gamut.
The touchpad is larger, and there is a dedicated fingerprint reader. The ACD surface is made of metal, and the standard key distance reduces accidental touches.
Connectivity includes two USB ports, two Type-C ports, a headphone jack, an HDMI port, and a mini card reader.
It uses dual ultra-thin fans with dual wide heat pipes, providing two large fans with 61 blades, along with a three-phase motor to cool the 45W CPU, increasing airflow by 84%, ensuring performance release.
The product configuration includes a 51Wh battery, a 90W AC adapter, weighs 1.4Kg, comes with Windows 11 pre-installed, and offers a 2-year warranty.
Compared to the 5899 Yuan HP P14-eh0100TU, this P14-eh0001TU screen has downgraded from OLED to LCD, but in other aspects, it does not fall short, and the price of 4699 Yuan is also quite attractive.
The Acer Swift S3 Pro is available for 4899 Yuan.
The Acer S3 Pro is equipped with the standard pressure i5-12500H processor, uses LPDDR5 memory of 16GB at 4266MHz, and has 512GB M.2 SSD with two M.2 slots.
The screen is a 14-inch OLED with a 2.8K resolution, a 16:10 golden ratio, 2880×1800 resolution, 500nit peak brightness, and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut with a 90Hz refresh rate.
In terms of cooling, Acer is quite confident in using a single fan, but it can be seen that the airflow is quite smooth, and with the 3D fan improving airflow, it can meet the cooling needs of the 45W processor.
Connectivity includes two USB ports, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a headphone jack, which is sufficient for daily use. It supports WiFi 6E, has a noise-canceling camera, a noise-canceling microphone, a 57Wh battery, and weighs 1.4Kg. It comes with Windows 11 pre-installed and offers a 2-year warranty.
With memory upgrades, screen upgrades, and a 45W power processor, all these features at the price of 4899 Yuan show that Acer is quite competitive.
It can be seen that each brand is simplifying configurations, lowering overall product prices, and enhancing attractiveness. These models all perform quite well; which one do you favor?