![]() ![]() I am another one of those "Thinkpad" people, because I have a T430s, 8gb with two SSDs running W10 and Arch. In Europe it's going to be more expensive and some more remote countries can be insanely expensive. In the US you can probably find great deals on eBay. Price can vary greatly depending where you are. There's a big leap in performance on 8th gen i5/i7 processors, because it goes from 2 cores to 4 cores. If I was buying now, I'd spend a bit more money and buy a T480 (if battery life is important) or T480s (if you value lightweight more). If it doesn't come with an SSD you'll want to put one in as soon as possible. Models with TN screen are cheaper but it sucks quite a bit, if you can get one with IPS screen it's much better. If you don't mind the extra weight, then T430 is a good option. Major downside (to me) is the screen size (12.5"). I have a Thinkpad X230 running Debian that I still use it nowadays. ![]() All that matters for pointing specific models. Does size/weight/battery life/upgradability/etc matter? Are you using it as a laptop (moving around in different places) or will you have it sitting in a desk all the time? (Perhaps connected to an external monitor?). You ask for specific models, but you don't give us any specific details about your needs. And in reality you're probably saving much more than that If we make the assumption that you work minimum wage (which let's be honest you probably do) then provided you're saving more than $7.25 by upgrading the cpu instead of buying a new laptop then I'd say its time well spent. A cpu replacement takes like half an hour to an hour at most. Who wouldn't upgrade their cpu in a situation like this?Īlso i dont know what "trouble" you're on about. That is quite literally double the single thread performance and more than quadruple the overall performance. Using coreboot this can be upgraded to the i7-3840QM which has a total score of 5932 and single thread score of 1945. It can came with the i3-2310M which gets a total score of 1203 on passmark and single thread score of 944. The most drastic example would be with the afformentioned T420i though. If the cpu had been soldered I'd have likely sold the machine/given it away in favour of a newer one but thanks to this upgrade I'm still able to comfortably use it, even going as far as to play some games on it Compare that to the i7-3840QM that I upgraded it to which has double the cores and a noticeable increase in single and multithread performance. It's a dual core and wasn't amazing even when it was relevant. And is that really worth the gurantee of obsolescence you get because of it?Īs an example, my thinkpad T430 came with an i5-3320M. While it may very well do by a small amount, in reality this is a few millimeters of difference at most. Of course the offical excuse is that it helps make laptops thinner. ![]() It is objectively bad for the end user and only serves to incentivise people to buy new laptops more frequently Why would you want the most powerful component of your laptop be permanently attached to it with no way to upgrade it or sell it second hand if the laptop itself kicks the dust. Its incredibly dumb when you think about it. Unfortunately starting with the 5th gen intel core i processors, intel stopped offering socketed mobile cpus and as such all mobile cpus are soldered now and have been for years Me! 10 years ago it wasn't uncommon in the slightest.
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