A:AnswerClosest one to it is the core I5. However the Ryzen 5 is a six core chip unlike the I5 quad core. If your a gamer for the Ryzen as you will benefit from the extra cores.
A:AnswerYes, this laptop has a global warranty. Here is a link with information on Global Warranty/international coverage from HP: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bpr01266
A:AnswerYes, but only to a point. It is a good low end graphics card in this computer for most gaming up to 1080 graphics, but if you are looking for 4k gaming at 60+ frames per second like for some of the high end games that come out these days, you will need to bump up to a higher level graphics card than this one in a different computer. I suggest you look up "GTX 1050 graphics laptop benchmark" on google to get a better perspective of how good the graphics card in this computer is.
A:AnswerThey put in work. Not sure your idea of loud, but you can hear them if they need to run, but often times they may be silent when there isn't much load on the system.
A:AnswerYou can plug in an external USB hard drive. When it comes to adding actual storage to this laptop, there is 1 available M.2 slot for a solid state drive.