Lenovo W520 Owner's Thread

[kevinlau]

You forgot the Intel Series 320 600GB SSD in the Ultrabay. La Familia!

May get when I need the extra space, and only after when those price comes down. I already have a Blu-ray Ultrabay drive ready for use that I bought last year for my W510. I put the original DVD Ultrabay drive in it when I sold off the W510 several weeks ago.

[kevinlau]

1. Mine is slightly loose, too. Not bad but I prefer firm stuff.
2. Regarding the boot times, is that using a hard drive or SSD?
3. Clean install refers to an install from the Windows 7 DVD.

uh oh, just realized I forgot to use multi quote. sorry

BTW, what is the purpose of 'use multi quote' ??

[Thors.Hammer]

BTW, what is the purpose of 'use multi quote' ??

Some of the mods prefer this style. I am not used to it.

May get when I need the extra space, and only after when those price comes down. I already have a Blu-ray Ultrabay drive ready for use that I bought last year for my W510. I put the original DVD Ultrabay drive in it when I sold off the W510 several weeks ago.

Yea, I'd like a Blu-ray player, too.

[hrana]

Intel 310 msata 80GB (will be used as a temp/swap drive, not boot drive)
(This is where I will put the Temp folder and Paging File on)
Intel 510 120GB as main boot drive.
A pair of Kingston (4GB x 2) 1600MHz memory.

This hopefully will last me 3 years before next upgrade is needed.

Nice! You can help me test DDR3-1600 modules when mixing and matching with the DDR3-1333 memory already in the W520. I'll be ordering the memory and Intel 310 once I have an idea of the delivery date.

[vijay58]

I was about to buy a T420, but after looking at W520 I am sold

Few questions though:

1. From what I read, W520 can take upto 32 GB of RAM, correct? 4 sticks of 8 GB each?
2. What exactly is the difference between 1 DIMM, 2 DIMM etc? I am planning to have 16GB of RAM, but don't want to buy all 16 from Lenovo, would like to buy the extra RAM from newegg. What should I look for, when I order RAM?
3. I had a chat with a sales rep, she only gave me 10% off How are some of you guys are getting 15 or even 20%? Any secrets?

Thanks.

[chois2]

1. Mine is slightly loose, too. Not bad but I prefer firm stuff.
2. Regarding the boot times, is that using a hard drive or SSD?
3. Clean install refers to an install from the Windows 7 DVD.

uh oh, just realized I forgot to use multi quote. sorry

Not sure how to use this multi-quote thing..

anyway, the boot time is with the (2) 300gb drives running Raid 0..

what is your boot time?

Thanks.

[Hypervisor3]

So this is my spec purchased from the UK Store with a 10% discount if you apply coupon code EASTERSALE2011:

- Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor (2.30GHz, 8MB L3)
- Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64
- Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 English
- 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) LED Backlit Anti-Glare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready
- NVIDIA Quadro 2000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory
- No Color Sensor
- 16 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (4 DIMM)
- Keyboard UK English
- UltraNav with TrackPoint & touchpad plus Fingerprint reader
- 720p Camera
- Internal RAID - Not Enabled
- 500 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
- DVD recordable multiburner
- Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader
- 9 cell Li-Ion Battery - 55++
- Country Pack United Kingdom with Line cord & 170W AC adapter
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (3x3 AGN)
- Integrated Wireless Wide Area Network upgradable
- Language Pack UK English

[LeafHater]

I was about to buy a T420, but after looking at W520 I am sold

Few questions though:

1. From what I read, W520 can take upto 32 GB of RAM, correct? 4 sticks of 8 GB each?
2. What exactly is the difference between 1 DIMM, 2 DIMM etc? I am planning to have 16GB of RAM, but don't want to buy all 16 from Lenovo, would like to buy the extra RAM from newegg. What should I look for, when I order RAM?
3. I had a chat with a sales rep, she only gave me 10% off How are some of you guys are getting 15 or even 20%? Any secrets?

Thanks.

vijay it would help if we new where you lived. Diferent codes for different countries

[niko239]

Anyone installed a second hard drive in their W520? I ordered a 128gb SSD and a hard drive bay adapter. The adapter just shipped today. My Thinkpad isn't scheduled to ship until 5/11/11. I'm planning on purchasing an HDD from another vendor to put in my adapter. I'm not very concerned with having a DVD drive. I usually install software using ISO's (legally) and I don't really watch movies except on my TV. Any thoughts on using a secondary hard drive along with an SSD?

[zacharyp]

Well, I started this thread, and promised that I would post up Starcraft II rates. And now that I have the W520, I would have gladly done this... Except I just got Portal 2, so here's some information on that instead:

Settings:
Anti-Aliasing: 4X MSAA
Filtering: Anisotropic 4X
Multicore: Enabled
Shader Detail: Medium
Effects: High
Model/Texture detail: High
Page Pool Memory: High

I consistently get 50-60 fps with those settings so far. When I bumped AA or Shader detail up to 8X or High respectively, the fps went down to 30-45 range.

Again, this is with a i7-2720QM, Quadro 2000M, 7200rpm hard drive, 12GB memory, and running the game at 1920x1080. Game looks brilliant too, in a grimy, Aperture Science type of way