This laptop is still miles better than those budget laptops under $250 on the market today.
@BilisNegra
5 жыл бұрын
Desktop 2nd & 3rd gen i5's are amazing bang for your buck these days, and so are used laptops mounting their mobile counterparts if you take some time searching for fine deals. Just avoid the U (low power) models unless you really want to use them away from a power outlet and plan to buy a new battery, as there's considerable performance difference. The machine I'm writing this scores about 4000 CPU PassMark points (i5 3320M), not bad at all for a 2013 general use lappy which I paid under 60 bucks for in an eBay auction (part of the reason for it not going higher is significant cosmetic damage on one corner, but hey, I use that at home only anyway). Yes, it came with its power brick and everything. I actually won 2 units from the same seller for nearly the same price. And that's here in Europe, where you rarely get such fine deals as in America.
@David_Quinn_Photography
5 жыл бұрын
I always recommend 2nd hand for any laptop under $500
@raphaelmc2530
5 жыл бұрын
i swear. hell yeah its a good idea to buy one
@Class1czz
5 жыл бұрын
don't worry, mostly is because the upgrade of it important part. my laptop is 400$ and my in game (csgo) fps is 30
@smokeinc9800
5 жыл бұрын
how bout just buy. a pc ryzen build for $300 this are waste of money man buy a ryzen 2200g and cheapwst mobo and start from.there plus u can buy a ryzen 7 in the future unless u really want portable pc i just my.phone outside and i use pc at home
@wsstr5297
5 жыл бұрын
I love it when I find out that the $75 laptop can run 10x as a better than a $250 laptop that cant even play minecraft at 10 FPS
@Sloppyjoe96
4 жыл бұрын
i got my laptop on ebay for 100$ and it has a discrete nvidia quadro. it can run java edition decently, but i usually only play runescape and bedrock edition on it.
@zacktheprogamer7999
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah even with ubuntu it cant run anything not even minesweeper without stuttering or delays and it costed 300 (waste of cash)
@phantomkast93
4 жыл бұрын
WS Str a have a50 dollar dell from the same year with the same specs and it runs Minecraft pe at 16 chunks at 60 frames lol
@juls5603
4 жыл бұрын
@@phantomkast93 what ?!?!? holy shit ive got to get into this stuff
@juls5603
4 жыл бұрын
@@phantomkast93 Holy s**** ive got to get more into this stuff....but how ?!
@radleyjabilona3806
5 жыл бұрын
This laptop is better then most Chromebooks now days
@Swanicorn
5 жыл бұрын
Are chromebooks still a thing? I think I read somewhere that Google was not interested anymore in Chrome OS.
@josephl3602
5 жыл бұрын
There are not plans for fuchsia, they are already getting the release party ready for it, so it's there. And Chromebooks are selling quite well, but to people that like simplicity. It's like having your hand held while computing.. Just like buying an apple..
@Swanicorn
5 жыл бұрын
@@josephl3602 I don't know what these comments about chromebooks selling well are about TBH. Whoever I have asked in my friend circle or even shops, no one is recommending Chromebooks unless I specifically enquire about them. One salesman called it a beginner laptop and said that me being an Engineer have no use for it. To me it appears that this is location dependent and not a universal truth that Chromebooks are hot sellers. Maybe kids are buying it. A company representative salesman also told me that they are heavily limited in their capabilities and instead directed me to their real laptops. The salesmen have told me that a lot of software is unsuitable for Chromebooks, so that makes me wonder why even are these selling good anywhere. If it's just about taking notes isn't a cheap android tablet with a $5 micro USB keyboard case a much cheaper and portable option?
@ccortez392
5 жыл бұрын
They are good for school use. They aren’t meant for gaming or anything like that all they are meant for is simple use.
@heavens.sorrow
4 жыл бұрын
@@Swanicorn Lol, as a teenager, I have to say, everyone that I know hates chromebooks.
@TechByMattB
5 жыл бұрын
Let me know if you guys like this kind of budget laptop content. Like I said in the video I plan to test this laptop with an External graphics card so if there is a specific game you would like to see me test leave it as a reply to this comment. *EDIT:* I'm having a lot of trouble with the eGPU dock and a replacement for it should be in about a week from now. This is what happens when I try to boot using the eGPU lol: i.imgur.com/Mh9og9g.gifv
@gotchupham8152
5 жыл бұрын
Tech By Matt team fortress 2
@JaimeIsJaime
5 жыл бұрын
The witcher 3
@JaimeIsJaime
5 жыл бұрын
GTA V
@JaimeIsJaime
5 жыл бұрын
and DMC 5 or Resident Evil 2. 👌
@nexustrinity9305
5 жыл бұрын
Make video, how to used gpu external in laptop
@MrWillypanda88
5 жыл бұрын
X220 is dream machine for office work really.... Ask all those thinkpad lovers if you don't believe me
@MrWillypanda88
5 жыл бұрын
@Alex Pokrandt did you also game? Planning on buying T440 when my post grad study start. Those things are cheap and amazingly good
@MrWillypanda88
5 жыл бұрын
@Alex Pokrandt as long as it got the express slot you can always add external graphic on it. I think I l'll take i5, i7 seems to be too hot and power hungry for me. I can always build pc for more intensive task (read : gaming), and physically limiting myself to intel integrated hopefully prohibit me from gaming during campus hour
@josebringas8099
5 жыл бұрын
X230 too.
@asocial8128
5 жыл бұрын
T420 too!
@didi098710
5 жыл бұрын
agree
@alexradu1921
5 жыл бұрын
All those upgrades were so satisfying while seeing the machine coming to life again. Thx for saving it!
@sushantguha407
5 жыл бұрын
My friend has this exact laptop (except he has an i7-2640M), and I was super excited to see this laptop on the thumbnail!
@JakezMad
5 жыл бұрын
We use these at school. They claim that these cost £250 to buy new
@timh8273
5 жыл бұрын
more like 2500 those were so expensive and the new models still are
@re4796
5 жыл бұрын
actually a lot of the times these laptops do actually cost 250 pounds, i got a very similar model to this, the Thinkpad costed me like 300$, BUT IT IS WORTH IT! these machines are powerful for their prices, and i can easily play CS:GO at medium settings.
@lifeisalie5236
5 жыл бұрын
Same, but they’re just saying that to scare you. My friend once dropped one, (and it barely even broke) and they said “now you have to pay 300£”. He cried the rest of the day because his mom was gonna kill him. He ended up only having to pay 20 bucks for the scratch
@faust7756
4 жыл бұрын
@@lifeisalie5236 whyd you put the pound sign after the number?
@californium-2526
4 жыл бұрын
@@faust7756 To read 300 pounds (300£ = 300 pounds) I guess.
@SebisRandomTech
5 жыл бұрын
I have the X220's successor, the X230. Almost identical except it has the chiclet keyboard (can easily be swapped with the X220's), USB 3.0, and a Mini DisplayPort instead of full-size, as well as the newer Ivy Bridge architecture. Just to correct you on something: the 2.5" drive bay supports SATA III speeds, it is the mSATA slot that is limited to SATA II speeds. Also, the batteries available for this ThinkPad were *4*-cell, 6-cell, and 9-cell, not 3-cell as you said in the video. The TN panel is VERY easy to upgrade. Just make sure to disconnect the battery and power adapter before swapping the displays. Also, if you want to check the battery health you can install "Lenovo Vantage" and go to the power manager. Compare the full charge capacity to the design capacity and you can calculate how much the battery has degraded. From my experience 3 hours with the 6 cell battery is decent, I think they could get closer to 4 or 5 hours when new. I have a 9-cell battery in my X230, and at 81% of its original capacity it lasts about 4 to 5 hours.
@Tritone
5 жыл бұрын
I'm currently using this computer and it's great! It does EVERYTHING with no issues. Modern computers aren't significantly faster. It's easy to upgrade. I upgraded to an SSD and 16 gb ram. I run Windows 10 with out a problem, and run Linux and MacOX Sierra virtual machines without a problem.
@Ravidist
4 жыл бұрын
I have an old HP laptop and the accessibility and reassembly literally left me speechless. Imagine _plastic rivets_
@MirelRC
5 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see how does it run with a egpu.
@swoogie3754
5 жыл бұрын
MirelRc idk what that is but i think it’s supposed to be funny
@si1ver_763
5 жыл бұрын
Swoogie37 lol it’s basically a graphics card run externally.
@moisesBTW
5 жыл бұрын
@@swoogie3754 external GPU
@swoogie3754
5 жыл бұрын
Silver_76 i see thx
@josephl3602
5 жыл бұрын
@@swoogie3754 they work. GDC dock is an awesome graphics card dock that allows you to add graphics to a lower end and older laptop. Its no joke, man.
@ControlAllDa1337
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh, at 4:48 I can't handle the way you say futuristic
@brandongonzalez5992
4 жыл бұрын
ControlAllDa1337 futurastick
@SheepDavidofun
4 жыл бұрын
Brandon Gonzalez I’m literally dead. I am deceased. No longer living. You fucking killed me.
@W4RZYWORKS
3 жыл бұрын
He lagged
@Orodreth888
5 жыл бұрын
I recently sold my HP Elitebook 2170p for a upgrade. The Laptop itself was superb. Touchpad and keyboard were awesome. It had keyboard light, was easy to maintain and could have had up to 16gb RAM. However, the Intel HD 4000 graphics was't up to the task for gaming. But 4k KZitem ran smooth on a nice looking display.
@Pieteros21
5 жыл бұрын
i had just bought HP 6460b , bad screen but build like a tank and perform awensome for less than 100USD when include ssd in price
@andrew8293
4 жыл бұрын
This laptop is great especially since you could get everything you need even a second battery and RAM upgrade for under $100. Also the docking station and easy eGPU support can be helpful.
@vjscorreia
5 жыл бұрын
Hi! I also have one of these! Excelent machine, I upgraded mine with 2 ssd drives, used also the m2 slot and a regular 2.5 inch SSD drive (which replaced the hdd), boosted ram to 12gb, replaced the wifi card and placed a new original Lenovo 6 cell battery... I simply love it.. I am also considering an external gpu to go along with it whenever I travel... Great video!
@tonyjohansson8395
4 жыл бұрын
Some great info for the newbies out there! All Sandy/Ivy Bridge with 2 ram slots support a max of 16GB ram(2x8GB). Most Sandy/Ivy bridge cpu are socketed, which mean you can upgrade the cpu. Most of these CPU's use Socket G2. The Quad Core i7 3610QM/3630QM uses Socket G2. Sometimes you can get a great deal by buying a dead Gaming laptop with an i7 3610/3630. Most times its the graphics card that is dead on the gaming laptops. I got dead Clevo for 40$(no ram/no hdd). Took the CPU(i7 3610QM), Sold the working LCD panel for 30$, sold my i5 3210M 30$. Just doublecheck the description of the dead gaming laptop, make sure you get the right cpu and the graphics is broken.
@alexandergonczi3732
4 жыл бұрын
I bought a thinkpad t510 for 40$ 3 weeks ago. It is max equipped with an i7 620m, a webcam, a fingerprint sensor and a nice display (don't know which one). I upgraded it with an SSD for 77$ (500gb, 2.5") and one more 4gb ram stick for 25$ (yes, Switzerland is really expensive) which gave me 8gb in total. What shocked me, was that it couldn't run CS:GO. I'm talking shadows disabled level of low graphics. 10 fps at max. I think I'll try to add an external GPU (I have a GTX 660Ti lying around somewhere). Overall, its better than a new laptop (i7 7500U) in terms of the build quality and I'm using it as my daily laptop now (I have a PC don't worry).
@aisle9
5 жыл бұрын
Dude, Matt, T420. Don't get me wrong, the X series are beautiful machines. I live and die by my X250 on the road, but the T machines are so much more upgradeable and easy to work with. The best $300 laptop today is a T420 that's been upgraded to a QM i7, maxed out RAM, an SSD and the 1080p screen
@leviosaur9687
5 жыл бұрын
Even better if you install coreboot and a custom bios on it, which allows you to use ivy bridge processors with much better integrated graphics, even better than the t420's dedicated gpu!
@milosjakovljevic4850
5 жыл бұрын
i have t460 maxed out at work and my macbook pro 13 2105 at home mops the floor with that t460... it just shows how a bad operating system such as windows can make good hardware feel like crap
@Fumbaluya
4 жыл бұрын
@@milosjakovljevic4850 but not everyone has a time machine
@kadenoberlander2548
2 жыл бұрын
why do you use your x250 on the road then?
@aisle9
2 жыл бұрын
@@kadenoberlander2548 Because it's compact and lightweight. The T420 is just shy of being a boat anchor.
@macuway2592
4 жыл бұрын
It's not made from plastic, it's actually made from magnesium alloy covered in soft touch paint. I had the exact same ThinkPad. You can also do a display mod on this ThinkPad.
@rossholland879
5 жыл бұрын
Those laptops have a cult following. Just bought a x220t. So f__king amazing !
@helmetculture
4 жыл бұрын
How you liking it?
@Lampadina_17
2 жыл бұрын
i have this laptop since 2017 and still rocking
@NoirpoolSea
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very instructive video. I was just asked by a friend about about getting a computer and my instructions now are "get a Thinkpad with a removable battery" and your video shows up on my watch list. Very concise and explains why folks should not really get some new piece of tat for a low cost machine. The getting deep inside and changing the paste and adding the boot drive was boss. In fact this may be the laptop I am looking for.. the last of the original keyboards? Shut up and take my money! Thank you again as it really saves me (and my listener) much time with a simple show and tell rather than a long speil. And of course Thinkpads are the way to go if you are a Linux user. (I persolally recommeod Pop! OS over Ubuntu personally for all around introductory use.. Especially now that 20.04 came out..)
@therealpuzzlecube3123
4 жыл бұрын
12:35 "bulletproof" hol up... I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
@JBall419
5 жыл бұрын
Makes me want to pull out my old think pad that’s collecting dust and update it.
@NervousNick
5 жыл бұрын
Sell it to me instead!
@mac11380
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, try Linux on it, it is free and will make the computer much faster.
@abcdefg2591
4 жыл бұрын
mac11380 if you really think Linux is going to overtake Windows then you’re funny
@mac11380
4 жыл бұрын
@@abcdefg2591 The only thing I said is that they should try it and it would be faster, if you think windows is faster than Linux then YOU are the funny one.
@abcdefg2591
4 жыл бұрын
mac11380 no one will use Linux, that’s what I’m trying to say.. Windows supports billions of people, Linux a small fraction, the one with less servers will be faster..?
@zenithgaming6549
5 жыл бұрын
You should do a video about flipping every week do it for 3 months and see how much you make**
@zenithgaming6549
5 жыл бұрын
Everything what?
@niktodt1
5 жыл бұрын
LOL overseas there's cost up to 200€ used😩
@hadenclaire
5 жыл бұрын
If you wanna do computer flipping for profit, the best way to start would be to buy laptops in bulk. DLA and other federal/state disposal agencies sell them by the pallet - a lot of government orgs get rid of their workstations as soon as they go out of warranty, so 3-5 year old thinkpads get sold off pretty cheap, usually with no HDD or RAM. Get yourself a pallet full of Thinkpads in decent condition, put a cheap 128GB SSD and 8GB of RAM in all of them and a fresh image of Windows 10 or Ubuntu, research pricing for that model on ebay, and slightly undercut your competition - if you offer free shipping and have the complete package (batteries and chargers, OS already installed, etc) included with each purchase, you'll probably do very well.
@dirkdiggler9379
4 жыл бұрын
Haden Odom sorry that won’t work
@JonFox1945
4 жыл бұрын
@@dirkdiggler9379 why not?
@kitman
4 жыл бұрын
6:17 browsing this picture on a Chinese laptop :)
@cake8734
5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit... You bought that laptop from my dad... He hated that thing and his work gave it to him and didn't want it back. He had to deal with it for 4 or 5 years at best.
@eggsicoh3679
5 жыл бұрын
Haruhi lmao what are the odds that’s ur dads
@ChillExpressions
5 жыл бұрын
@Haruhi stop lying little man
@2097xl
3 жыл бұрын
They're a really common laptop, I doubt he bought it from your old man
@johnmal5975
5 жыл бұрын
I had a older lenovo that was only dual core. The computer died a couple of months back. I ran Linux on it for years it came with windows vista. Your computer is a great deal Lenovo's are solid laptops. I want another one so bad. Going to get started looking on ebay. Lol *Great Purchase*
@Minitomate
5 жыл бұрын
The power adaptor is just *T H I C C*
@mini_disc
4 жыл бұрын
Thinking of restoring a trashed x230 that I used in middle school....
@jonh6189
5 жыл бұрын
Lol, this games better than the $375 "gaming pc" oztalkshw bought on eBay
@conyo985
5 жыл бұрын
Haha! And it only cost 1/3 of the price. Ridiculous!
@maryjaygomes4441
4 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna assume this kills my gt 710
@francescovolpini
3 жыл бұрын
@@maryjaygomes4441 actually no, depends on the 710. one of the most performing ones is around the performance of vega 3 or the uhd 630 found in modern intel cpus
@john2001plus
5 жыл бұрын
I was able to get a Thankpad 420 for $75 using a friend's employee discount. I had to install the OS.
@thewhizkid3937
5 жыл бұрын
👍🏿
@john2001plus
5 жыл бұрын
@Alex Pokrandt Yes. What is the difference?
@john2001plus
5 жыл бұрын
@Alex Pokrandt I did a GPU test and it was very unimpressive.
@rban123
4 жыл бұрын
Chigozirim ᴖᴥᴖ you have to flash the OS iso to a flash drive and then boot into the flash drive and install the OS
@jessicagomez1760
4 жыл бұрын
I did this with my 6-year-old Lenovo g50 but took it to a technician cause I fucked up the screen when I tried installing the extra ram and didn't really know from where to get the windows system and how to install it on the new SSD. The upgrade was so worth it, very nervewracking for a nontech person to attempt the disassembly of the laptop, but now I know how to do it in the future with confidence. I highly recommend giving this a try if you are willing to be patient and you are interested in learning a lot.
@Angultra
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff, I love messing with old machines like this too. Went way too heavy on the thermal paste though.
@bertnijhof5413
5 жыл бұрын
In Belgium in 2017 I bought a HP Elitebook 8460p with a i5-2520M CPU for €170. I like the machine and I directly upgraded it to 8 GB (€25) and replaced the 320 GB HDD by a 1 TB SSHD. The most important update was, that I replaced Windows 7 by Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 running from the ZFS file system. Most datasets (folders) including the root are LZ4 compressed, while archives are GZIP-7 compressed. The ZFS memory cache is between ½ and 2 GB, which means, that after a short time, the system or Virtual Machine runs completely from memory cache. Cache hit rate are above 90%, so the system is very responsive. Basically the system runs a 3-level storage hierarchy (2 GB Memory Cache, 8 GB Solid State Cache and 1 TB HDD). Note that everything including the caches are kept LZ4 compressed , almost doubling both effective cache spaces and the disk space. It is like having StoreMI on a 2011 laptop. Planned upgrades are 8 GB to 16 GB. Next year I like to replace the 2-core I5 by a 4-core I7, but that i7 price has to drop considerably. Afterwards I might add another 1 TB SSHD, dumping the DVD, if the SSHD prices are right. I would stripe (raid-0) both SSHDs :) More plans than money, but this year I concentrate on my desktop replacement from Phenom II X4 B97 to a Ryzen 3 2200G, ~doubling my desktop CPU speed (and memory).
@morganb900
4 жыл бұрын
I just got a thinkpad t420 and it's literally like this soooooooo good
@ano_nym
4 жыл бұрын
It's the godking of laptops.
@ris3400
4 жыл бұрын
how much fps on fornite?
@morganb900
4 жыл бұрын
@@ris3400 idk and idc
@ano_nym
4 жыл бұрын
On the built in 1600x900 screen probably 100.
@stoopidking2452
4 жыл бұрын
I used to have a t420s in 2015-2017 I wish it didn't die I have its mobo framed on my wall to immortalize it RIP
@MrKillswitch88
5 жыл бұрын
You can go a bit further by using faster ram which always helps the igp as this generation of thinkpads have no issues using up to ddr3 1866, you can also upgrade the heatsink using the all copper cooler from the x230 which helps a little. As for the battery I recommend the 9 cell and there is the option of finding the slice pack which is basically another 9 cell that uses the docking port connector which can enable over 10 hours of battery life with ease.
@rukawaaaawww
5 жыл бұрын
Say what ?! My laptop is 350 and cannot even run cs go low graphics Not worth it
@anthonyabid7047
4 жыл бұрын
Literally just got a Ryzen 5 2500U and 8 GB of ram laptop for $350 but later saw the Ryzen 5 3500u for $20 more
@dinozaurpickupline4221
4 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyabid7047 the new laptops are not this much user serviceable
@MrSlowshin
4 жыл бұрын
IamWTBro I got the same laptop oof
@MrSlowshin
4 жыл бұрын
IamWTBro honestly ryzen 5 isn’t that bad
@leafpot587
4 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyabid7047 damn that sucks
@mac11380
4 жыл бұрын
Installing Linux would make this computer even better, those Thinkpads were tanks and took to Linux very well.
@protoman1214
5 жыл бұрын
I had the 9-cell battery for my t420 and it would last almost 10 hours... this was in 2009
@floydlooney6837
5 жыл бұрын
We might be able to do that just running DOS, lol
@MannyMambo26
5 жыл бұрын
Good job dude. You did a good job changing the paste. Number one reason as to why people get rid of there laptops. I owned 2 Lenovo laptops and they were so good. I sold them both and they are still kicking.
@stnrfem
5 жыл бұрын
I got my thinkpad t430 free a year ago and upgraded it, and I used to have the same laptop a few years ago and I did the same upgrades and honestly have been able to play Minecraft Windows 10 over the years with exeptional performance man I love used thinkpads being a cheap boi
@Naeidea
4 жыл бұрын
I have a X270 with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD with a 1080p IPS LED screen I installed and I'm STILL thinking about getting a decent X220 because it's so cheap, durable and it's the last of the great keyboard laptops where the keyboard was simply just another component that had to be great. None of this slim, light, compact nonsense we have to put up with now.
@Barryhick186
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. Earned a sub :D. IPS screen upgrade would be interesting. I think a gtx 1050 would work well with that dual core. Is the IPS screen 720p as well?
@corey7219
5 жыл бұрын
My school gave me a Dell latitude e6400 atg for free in order to get some school work done. I literally upgraded everything I possibly could on that laptop and she runs very well. List of parts I upgraded: CPU (Intel core2duo p9700 @2.80ghz) RAM (2gbs->4gbs->8gbs of DDR2) 250gb SSD WIFI/Bluetooth card: Intel ac7260
@BilisNegra
5 жыл бұрын
4:48 Futuristic? You'd be surprised to find out that the fingerprint reader was available on some versions of the T40p Thinkpad model. That was in 2003! I
@w1z4rd9
4 жыл бұрын
BilisNegra optical or capacitive ?
@AaronHendu
4 жыл бұрын
I scored an "un-tested" Asus G74SX, a similar era PC, for free...turns out all it needed was a new HDD / SDD,, a new battery, and a 150W charger...it came with an i7 2670QM, I added 8GB or RAM or 16GB...and the included GTX 560m 3GB is a decent competitor to a more modern laptop IGPU. I actually plan to upgrade the display too, as there was a 1920x1080 with high refresh rate, either 100 or 120hz, can't recall. All in all, it's been a fun project to resurrect, even though I rarely use it.
@lawrencechen7521
5 жыл бұрын
X220/230 are still amazing machines in it's class, especially if you going to use special edit way to upgrade it.(51NB made a X330p with i7-3612QE, 16G ram and 3*drives. FHD 99% sRGB 13.3in) it is on par with $1000 machine these days. It is even on par with X390
@certs743
4 жыл бұрын
I have the tablet version of the x201 and I love it. With Linux installed it just flies.
@krebsebubrek552
4 жыл бұрын
How much did it improve with an eGPU? How much FPS are ya getting now? Can you possibly make a video about it?
@EscanthonX
5 жыл бұрын
Oh man I love old laptops! I just ordered a Latitude e6540 for $220 with an upgradeable i5 4300m, a dedicated AMD HD 8790m with 2gb GDDR5 VRAM, 8gb ddr3 1600mhz, and a 256gb SSD. It has a charger and healthy battery. Not bad for a budget gaming laptop! You should look into it yourself, or for a little less ($140-$180 in good condition), its slightly smaller sister the e6440 (the model with the dedicated 8690m which also has gddr5 memory!) Both laptops have potential to be upgraded to quad core, eight threaded i7's for about $70
@bradhaines3142
5 жыл бұрын
thats impressive value right there, dont remember how good the 8790 would be, but 2gb vram is actually usable
@EscanthonX
5 жыл бұрын
@@bradhaines3142 It's pretty ok on paper with 384 stream processors, but in reality it seems to perform very slightly below a GTX 660m/750m/940m
@18idlesuggest
5 жыл бұрын
Damn this is a really nice laptop for its price, I've seen a few of the same specs with a higher price tag
@awrooo
4 жыл бұрын
this is the laptop I had growing up as a kid. it was still going strong when I replaced it. lots of good memories on this thing Cx
@annonymousghostdetector8425
5 жыл бұрын
It has a specific portion for egpu, Thats impression!
@i.suk.6146
5 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's specifically only for an egpu, but it can be used for that, which is nice.
@francescovolpini
3 жыл бұрын
it's not specifically for egpu, it's just like thunderbolt. "oh, you want an egpu? not what i was made for but fine, it'll work"
@Dex99SS
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite two of all my laptops, old and new alike, are the T420 and T430... Each swapped respectively with 4c/8t i7 qm variants, which can be done with a T series... unless its an S model usually. Brings them up to a standard FAR above the level of even $600-700 units today, with passmarks and cinebench scores that obliterate ultrabooks as well as business and work machines. Yet rarely consume over 15w... though keeping in mind they are now capping at 35w rather than 25... Also have 16gb 1866 in each. Never tossed an egpu in either of them, as gaming really isn't what they're for, though they can provide light duty gaming on the go with lighter titles, older titles, and emulation... as they are Sandy and Ivy bridge, respectively... so intel 3000 and 4000. Both are running SSD raid arrays, with phenomenal speeds... The 420 has the 900p screen, the 430 the 1366x768, or what, 768p? I dunno.... I'd like to swap it to a 900p as well. The 420 has the last of the amazing keyboards, the 430 goes chicklet, and as such I swapped in a backlit one... so it retains the thinklight, but now has a much more modern backlit keyboard as well...Looks great, and truly types VERY well for a chiclet style. It's a toss up which I like more to be honest, they both have massive merits and very little cons. New Amazon sourced batteries make for 6-8 hours on either of them, they are 14" units, and I also find them extraordinarily portable. They are robust, well made, and truly just put nearly anything today to shame. I have some other favorites as well, elitebooks with dream color displays, cpu's swapped, etc... but none have so much going for them the way the 420 and 430 do... X series are nice as well, don't get me wrong... but you're stuck with that poop cpu, and that just doesn't work for me... I need passmark's in or very near the tens of thousands... and that i5 just isn't close. It's fine and all, I'm sure it mostly is for most things... but heck, I can render video on either of mine, and it's not even a bad time. You know what, I did have an egpu via the wlan card slot on the 420, I forgot about that... this was before I had the 1070, 1080, or the 2070, and was running a gtx 1060 6GB... it had no issue keeping up with that card, with the card being the bottleneck up from 1080p to 4k... so the cpu was pretty stout for sure... Just that I have a 4930K pushing a 2070 on the main rig, which keeps up with the gaming needs just fine, so that was the last time i had the egpu dock out. It's in a drawer somewhere I believe. Either way, these are all of the best machines ever made...
@Zlackevitch
5 жыл бұрын
Just to let you know that I have its main competitor at home (Samsung NP400B2B) and it's as good as this Lenovo ! The WXGA screen has perfect viewing angles and the i5-2450M paired with 8Gb of RAM and a 500Gb Samsung SSD holds up pretty well even in 2019 ! I might be cheating a bit, I'm using Debian 10 on it, but still !
@annielawson6547
5 жыл бұрын
What's Debian 10?
@CubanLegend561
5 жыл бұрын
i bought one of these (the tablet version) and I love it, i use it for tuning my car and for mobile movie nights with friends, I upgraded the RAM to 2x8gb sticks for cheap, I bought the LEnovo 90watt power adapter which helps to keep the CPU from throttling when plugged in, and it charges faster. I also bought a legit 9-cell battery from ebay (the x200T's never came with more than 3 and 6-cell officially, but someone makes them) and I bought 2x slice batteries (1 for home and 1 for work) and I basically never have to charge this thing during the day even under heavy use it has 10-12+ hours of battery each day, amazing! DON'T FORGET, to install Thinkpad's software called Lenovo Vantage, it lets you modify lots of features, you can even set a charge limit on your batteries to help them last longer over time. I set mine stop charging at 85% capacity.
@Castaa
5 жыл бұрын
This is a very nice video. A lot of good information. I would be a fun project to replace for LCD display with a used IPS panel for fun.
@josephl3602
5 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah. I want to see this myself. I plan to do a full-on upgrade to at least one of my ThinkPad's for personal use. Already did a personal rebuild on a Compaq Presario CQ57-339WM that is amazing in terms of capability, but I want Lenovo as well.
@CM-pv3dm
5 жыл бұрын
Joseph Lopez Damn I used to own a Compaq Presario CQ57 too, I loved that laptop, lasted many years
@josephl3602
5 жыл бұрын
@@CM-pv3dm I have 4 of them right now. One I just put a Core i7 2720QM in it and it runs amazingly. Also found out the ram "limit" was a soft limit. So far I found it can support up to and recognize 12Gb with not a single issue. I modded the internal heatsink for the chipset and lapped them before reinstalling.. The 45w quad core actually runs cooler then the Celeron that was in it originally.. Between that and the 240Gb Kingston Black SSD I put in, this thing will remain in my service for years to come. Also have a backup new motherboard for it just in case. The second one has a Core i3 2330M with 8Gb of DDR3 G.Skill ram. It's quite a bit faster then the Celeron. The third one I am putting a Core i5 2350M in with 16Gb Crucial DDR3 1600 mhz ram and another 240gb Kingston Black SSD drive in. The fourth one will remain stock in parts but will be modded slightly for information purposes. Lapping the heatsink and maybe add a new heatsink or two to the mobo to see if performance changes at all. Right now, it runs hotter then the Core i7.
@josephl3602
5 жыл бұрын
The Lenovo ThinkPad T420i I have is going to get the royal makeover. I'm going to throw a Core i7 Extreme in it to see what kind of performance I can get. Not sure if the board will support it, but so far the support list for the contained chipset is promising.
@StrangelyIronic
4 жыл бұрын
I buy a ton of thin clients for pretty cheap, I've got as low as $50 bucks for a decent quad core machine with 8gb ram in a tiny silent form factor. Upgrade to a usable ssd and ram and you have a machine that'll easily handle Win10 doing any basic task although I usually use Linux (Manjaro, Arch, or Pop depending). I use them for all kinds of things, my main one handles dual screen 4k no problem with display port. Another Dell Wyse I use as no distractions word processor. I made an Amiga 500 style clone case out of aluminum in my workshop with a built in mechanical keyboard that suits my tastes. It's one of the quad cores with 8 gigs of ram that boots straight into VSCode or Atom in zen mode, both set up for writing, without any distractions.
@uranium_donut
5 жыл бұрын
"12 V Power Input", shows 20V port
@FeedScrn
4 жыл бұрын
Nice professional vid... I purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad as well... I don't remember the price... like $299.00.... I upgraded the RAM to 16Gb and that's it. It's a great 2nd laptop for me.. as it is not as fast as my new HP Pavilion... but it's good to know that it's there... I used it the last time when I found viruses on the HP - and it was scanning like crazy. - Comes with an optical drive... which I used to install MS Office with via folder-sharing - onto my new non-DVD-drive laptop. - The only thing about it- is that I bought it with Windows 7 Pro... which I wanted. But the price for that is non-UEFI boot bios setting, which mean longer boot times. - All in all, it was an excellent purchase.
@theconjuror112
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this amazing video!!! I loved every second of it. More models please!
@Synthentic
5 жыл бұрын
I got a good deal for a ThinkPad W520. It was said to come with an i5-2520m, 4GB of RAM, no HDD and a 1366x768 display. It ended up coming with a quad-core i7-2760QM, 8GB of RAM (upgraded to 16GB), 320GB HDD (upgraded to an mSATA 240GB SSD), 1080p screen and an Nvidia Quadro 1000M 2GB. For £150, I'd say it was a pretty good buy, especially since it also looked basically brand new.
@EscanthonX
5 жыл бұрын
The K1000M is an awesome GPU. I always wanted one of the 500 series that had one because it's actually a pretty solid performer. I'm curious about that quad core Sandy Bridge though, how's it perform? And what are temps like?
@Synthentic
5 жыл бұрын
@@EscanthonX It would've been nice if it were a K1000M, but it's actually just a 1000M. Temps at first were bad because the cooler it had was a 45w when this i7 is a 55w chip. Ended up buying the better cooler from eBay. Before replacing the cooler, temps would go into the high 90's to 100's but after getting the replacement cooler, the max I saw (on Ubuntu 18.04.2) was 85 degrees, and that's with Prime95 which is a very unrealistic workflow. I do kind of wish I went for the W530, because Ivy Bridge runs so much cooler than Sandy Bridge lol.
@glitchenz
4 жыл бұрын
My battery dies in like 2 hours that is a gaming laptop for yea
@esemes16
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect you to use the express card slot, let alone for a GPU, shot caught me off guard
@chrisyako89
5 жыл бұрын
Lenovo makes good laptops hands down.
@AlexM13282
4 жыл бұрын
stop the cap
@Praneel
4 жыл бұрын
Except mine
@Ivan_Glamdryng
5 жыл бұрын
I am more interested in the equipment needed to add an external video card. Can't wait! Thank you.
@GraveXSensei
5 жыл бұрын
That thermal paste application .. What'd this? The verge part 2 .. LMAO ~ 🤣🤣🤣
@elsasslotharingen7507
4 жыл бұрын
Literally doesn't matter
@billybobjoe102_5
4 жыл бұрын
I have a laptop similar to that and it can handle some very light gaming
@Saad-ih3ys
5 жыл бұрын
I've bought my laptop for nearly 600$ in 2013, it's 2019 now, it can't even run csgo at a consistent 30fps
@maninthecrowd5076
5 жыл бұрын
Saad my 2007 08 laptop with b960 processor and inbuilt graphics is running csgo at about 20+ fps. Just using steam on Linux.
@Nebulous_.
4 жыл бұрын
@@maninthecrowd5076 mine laptop can't even run steam
@comradejimmy3411
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, business laptops are good, that's what I recommend if you want performance like a gaming laptop. but not having the budged (You can buy an external GPU and connect it with pci express if you want to do some heavy gaming)
@realcartoongirl
5 жыл бұрын
this lapotop 100x more cool than any Fruit brand
@parkerwilliams617
5 жыл бұрын
real cartoon girl a heck of a lot slower than the “fruit brand”. I’d take a MacBook over this anyday, plus it’s a lot more reliable and you’ll have a warranty.
@howlmao
5 жыл бұрын
@@parkerwilliams617 fr
@josephl3602
5 жыл бұрын
Talking trash doesn't make apple more appealing, it just shows what type of arrogance purchases them.
@VicinalElk44104
5 жыл бұрын
@@parkerwilliams617 *Your screen starts flickering due to the connector being loose. "Oh your MacBook screen starts flickering? You gotta buy a brand new screen, and a logic board. That will be $1,399. You might as well buy a new MacBook. You will have the latest hardware and firmware and have a new warranty. Will that be cash or credit?" -Every genius bar ever
@griffin8062
5 жыл бұрын
@@parkerwilliams617 Nope not even close. Thinkpads can be run over by cars, you can spill water on them, thrown around and they'll be fine. If you buy a new Macbook, you get no upgrade or repair options and a number of design flaws (overheating, keyboard failures, display cable failures)
@MD-hx3wf
4 жыл бұрын
I am simple... I see Thinkpad... I see CS GO... I upvote and comment.
@LastStopGaming
5 жыл бұрын
1:17 "My name is matt and I suck at typing and I think this keyboard is......................"? "I think this keyboard is good"? "I think this keyboard is horrible"? "I think this keyboard is a keyboard"? Oh, thought 5:20 would finally be the answer to my life question, but this time we only got to: "My name is matt and I suck at typing and I think this keyboard" hmm. "think this keyboard sucks" "think this keyboard is great"? I will never know.
@rodrigoacosta9708
5 жыл бұрын
hahaha I thought the same, what is he thinking about the keyboard!???
@Funkteon
7 ай бұрын
It's January 2024 and I still use this laptop in an official Lenovo X220 dock and have upgraded it with a 250GB Samsung SSD and 16GB of RAM. I think I might also upgrade the CPU/motherboard to the i7-2640M...
@redey1290
5 жыл бұрын
... I was bidding on an X220T last night that was like $50. I knew I should've bid higher on that thing :/
@EscanthonX
5 жыл бұрын
Aw damn, those T series are amazing, you really missed out!
@haxorinator8219
5 жыл бұрын
I owned an X220T! Honestly, the regular non Tablet versions is better. The hinge sucks on the T model (loosens up) and the device is slightly larger. The Touch/Pen display also has issues in Windows 10 (lack of drivers) and is NOT accurate, even after many calibrations. The only benefit for the T models is a guarantee of an IPS display. IMO avoid the Tablet series!
@beickus
5 жыл бұрын
watching this from a T420
@leafpot587
4 жыл бұрын
@@beickus noice
@kirby671
2 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for something to be flipped around in your fingers! 10/10
@lel3450
4 жыл бұрын
Everyone: OMG A $75 laptop? Chinese government:👂
@stephenwgreen78
2 жыл бұрын
I have an i5 x220 with 64gb msata, 12gigs of ram & I'm about to shuck a 2tb Seagate slim hdd for it. Had it for 5yrs and going strong for classes and use in projects at home. Thanks for the tip on thermal paste, I haven't done that and it's been getting warmer the last year or so. Great video
@dejplofficial
5 жыл бұрын
Men. thats alot of thermal paste
@Angultra
5 жыл бұрын
Yup he iced it like a cake, way too much
@basbas63
4 жыл бұрын
If you leave a corner uncovered you can brick the system with these fully exposed chips. As long as the thermal paste is not electronically conductive it is totally fine and doesn't hurt cooling performance either
@eduardoavila646
4 жыл бұрын
Not that much actually, laptops tend to have pretty poor contact between the heatsink and the die.
@bravosix8171
4 жыл бұрын
@@basbas63 should i use thermal paste if I buy a used laptop. Or should I only do it if temperature problem occurs . I don't know how to apply thermal paste
@basbas63
4 жыл бұрын
@@bravosix8171 Only do it if there are thermal issues, that is my point of view on this. Don't forget that taking a laptop apart is usually a task that takes a lot of care, there are connectors (that connect the keyboard and the screen to the motherboard in example) that are easily damaged. In my opinion it is better to not try and fix something that is not broken in this sense. Good luck, hopefully if you are going to buy or have already bought a second hand laptop that it serves you well! =D
@kairos5689
4 жыл бұрын
had this exact model for over 9 years! With a few upgrades, it still serves me well.
@ioulios12
5 жыл бұрын
Try League of Legends! This laptop is better than mine :'(
@Beeftheragerabbit
4 жыл бұрын
its run well
@traviszick
4 жыл бұрын
I used this laptop for about three years.. The thing is a beast for what it it. I paid 100 for it and 100 for ram, ssd and bigger battery was really happy with the machine.
@pepb_0
5 жыл бұрын
military grade laptop, 😁
@woswasdenni1914
4 жыл бұрын
nope, close but was never used in the field. panasonic has basically that market with the toughbooks. NASA used thinkpads until IBM sold them to lenovo, then they switched because of security concerns
@SkullAbyss
5 жыл бұрын
I recently bought a Dell Latitude E6420 for $74 on eBay. 4GB of ram, Intel Core I7 2640M and a 120GB drive. Will be in on Monday. Also has nVidia NVS4200M graphics. Rough equal to a GT520M
@thepeasant269
5 жыл бұрын
Abyss Tech Adding 4Gb more of ram will improve it a lot, dual channel does wonders
@SkullAbyss
5 жыл бұрын
@@thepeasant269 I've got a 16GB kit in my old Acer Aspire E5-551 laptop I can use.
@nnui7943
5 жыл бұрын
I can't believe im so poor that literally this computer is for A LOT more powerful than mine :(
@rainretribute9852
4 жыл бұрын
Luckily it's very possible to save up to buy this tho
@leobitencourt4719
4 жыл бұрын
Yesterday I got an E431, which is a bit newer but not as durable, has the newer keyboard, doesn't have physical buttons above the the trackpad, but I'm ok with it because it was incredibly cheap in my country compared to even other Thinkpads. I actually wanted an X230, but it was more than double the price. Right now it's got an i3 3110m (in a few years time I'll upgrade to an i7 3632QM), 8GB of ram and a 500GB hard drive. I bought a caddy adapter, and when both the caddy and the laptop arrive, I'll be taking a spare 120GB SSD I have in my PC and putting it in the laptop and it will become a mobile beast for about $170 dollars total (adding the price I paid for the SSD two years ago and converting from Brazilian reals). It probably would've been half the price in the US, but I'm still super happy an excited for the upgradability. The keyboard seems to be very good either way, too, even if the older ones are better. Update: keyboard is pretty nice (yeah, it's the chicklet one), the trackpoint is much better to use than any trackpad I've ever used and I got used to in the same day I started using it. The trackpad is quiete bad, but not the worst I've ever seen. It's super snappy with the SSD and performance is very good. The fingerprint sensor is a great addition, too.
@user-xb2fm1xp6u
4 жыл бұрын
plz tell me how can i find this card for external graphics card you dont have a name to find it in 3:25
@TheClau809
4 жыл бұрын
the ExpressCard to PCIe thing is an EXP GDC Beast
@MegaManNeo
5 жыл бұрын
I love the X series ThinkPads. Own a X60t and X240 myself of which the first sadly is 32bit but typing is gorgeous. Interesting to see Rocket League running off the iGPU though, didn't expect it to do THAT well.
@RandomFandomOfficial
5 жыл бұрын
Warframe Arma 3 Battlefield Bad Company 2 Test these ^
@zvisionproductions8652
5 жыл бұрын
He can run without gpu, trust me
@howlmao
4 жыл бұрын
@@zvisionproductions8652 nice pfp
@bohmel
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty hyped to see the egpu setup. Never dawned on me before, but I might try that myself on an old lenovo, so thanks!
@name4379
5 жыл бұрын
This thing has a 7200 rpm hdd and my 400 dollar laptop still uses a 5400 rpm
@striker1458
4 жыл бұрын
I had this laptop and now i have the next model x230 i played more than 30 games on it, it's an amazing experience when u think about the price
@ejliud
4 жыл бұрын
im an owner of this laptop, 13 years old laptop, its still faster than most of today's laptops
@paragon1017
4 жыл бұрын
these and dell 6300 6400 series are the best budget laptops. I use a 1650 with mine when I travel to game at a hotel through the laptop monitor. Thanks optimus.
@mts982
5 жыл бұрын
whats the max egpu card you can use with this laptop?
@phantom-xb6wv
5 жыл бұрын
Michael Schneider dont go for the rtx cards, as it will bottleneck. Depending on the game, it can run any card. It will however be slow, and limit its performance.
@mts982
5 жыл бұрын
@@phantom-xb6wv so then what card is best?
@phantom-xb6wv
5 жыл бұрын
Michael Schneider I dont know for sure, you can use any graphics card. I would however reccomend a lower end one like a GTX 960. You could go for a 1050,1060 or even an x560, if you ofcourse have the money to spend.
@tahaks
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thanks for being so clear and thorough about everything
@floydlooney6837
5 жыл бұрын
It's newer than my Toshiba and I wish I had 2.7 ghz, lol.
@mikestanley9176
2 ай бұрын
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T530 that I got free from my computer guy. All i need to do to it now is a new battery and a new keyboard. I put a 128GB SSD boot disk, 8GB RAM and a 1TB storage disk in place of the DVD drive.
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