T430 Owner's Thread

[brinox]

Anyone received their shipping notification today?! Please, update status. Mine was supposed to ship today but it did not I am getting sick of it!

I had to cancel my order because I was a dumb[butt] and thought I could swap my current notebook's Intel 6300AGN adapter into my new T430 - but there would be a missing antenna... so I just basically moved myself to the bottom of the build list

Anyway, I was able to figure out why the 2GB 5400m option is gone. Apparently there was a very limited supply during the launch and decided to take it off the ordering site(s) to alleviate a backorder situation for it.

LUCKILY I was able to get my order for the 2GB one in before it disappeared. here's to hoping my new order isnt backordered for months or something. one can hope!

[bradyboyy88]

Do you really need the 30 hours battery life and are you actually buying the slice battery. I guess it depends on your priority but I would personally prefer processing power over battery life

No , I probably will never need 30 hours but I like the possible upgrade in the future for bus trips and such. What kind of processing power are you looking for with a 14in business notebook? Quad core computing power? The sony quad s series is the 3612qm and its an energy efficient quad. It performs almost equivalent to i7 2720qm which is pretty good . How come you didnt choose sony then? Dell managed to get the i7 3720qm to function in their 14in notebooks but Im sure there is a catch other then the price. Probably gets hot as hell and that durable casing it has is probably just as heavy as the last model

I had to cancel my order because I was a dumb[butt] and thought I could swap my current notebook's Intel 6300AGN adapter into my new T430 - but there would be a missing antenna... so I just basically moved myself to the bottom of the build list

The Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN came with the t430 I purchased but I was hoping you could elaborate on the benefits of paying the extra 40 for your adapter or 20 for mine over the default options that are free. Is it just open source graphics and how well they work with linux that create the cost difference? I am a newb to wireless adaptors so anything would help. Thanks

[brinox]

The mSATA specification has not changed much since it was introduced. Going from SATA II to SATA III will be a major revision of the specification. As it stands right now, there is no spec for SATA III in mSATA right now

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Its possible that I stand corrected in this comment. mSATA cards with SATA III controllers are now popping up (albeit for a significant price premium) and supposedly work without a hitch on SATA III equipped chipsets that support the original mSATA spec.

See the review below - it could be that the mSATA implementation rides on whatever SATA revision the chipsets contain (on the mainboard AND the SSD).

RunCore RCP V mSATA T50 SATA III 120GB SSD Review - The RunCore Pro V 2.5" SATA III SSD :: TweakTown USA Edition


I do sincerely apologize Rezabrya!

The Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN came with the t430 I purchased but I was hoping you could elaborate on the benefits of paying the extra 40 for your adapter or 20 for mine over the default options that are free. Is it just open source graphics and how well they work with linux that create the cost difference? I am a newb to wireless adaptors so anything would help. Thanks

You might have noticed that my original order (on the first page) listed an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (2x2 BGN) adapter. the 2x2 part is what torpedo'ed my idea of migrating an Intel 6300AGN adapter into it.

The 6300AGN card can get up to 450Mbps. It does this by using two frequency bands simultaneously, 2.4GHz and 5GHz (and requires a dual-band router on top of that, which are ALSO pricey ).

To accomplish the dual-band speed, a triple antenna array is required. This is why the 6300AGN option lists "3x3", and why the cheaper 2200BGN adapter lists 2x2. 3x3 means that there are three antenna systems built into the computer and the wireless card can transmit and receive on all three antennas, whereas the 2x2 only allows transmission/reception on two antennas. I am fairly certain the 6300AGN will work with two antennas connected, it will just drop down to the 300Mbps speed. However, I am not certain that the antennas would be the best ones for that specific card.

I just said eff it, and canceled my order and did it all right the second time around

[bradyboyy88]

Ahhh thank you for that clarification. I get my t430 tomorrow. Once I get it I am going to run a couple benchmarks and see how the nvs 5400m is and the system as a whole. Should be interesting since there isnt any benchmarks for it yet. Any suggestions for what to run? I can do 3dMark if you get me a link to a free version and any other if its free. Been a while since I have done that so I will just run stock settings along with stock settings on the laptop just so it will give better comparisons

[XX55XX]

Ahhh thank you for that clarification. I get my t430 tomorrow. Once I get it I am going to run a couple benchmarks and see how the nvs 5400m is and the system as a whole. Should be interesting since there isnt any benchmarks for it yet. Any suggestions for what to run? I can do 3dMark if you get me a link to a free version and any other if its free. Been a while since I have done that so I will just run stock settings along with stock settings on the laptop just so it will give better comparisons

If you have Battlefield 3, give it a try on it.

[brinox]

I am interested in diablo 3 wink wink

[bradyboyy88]

Unfortunately gamewise I only have vcod, cod2, and cod 4 mw1 and I am sure your not conscerned with that. I use to get about 250fps in cod4 with my gtx 280 and a cheap am3+ processor (desktop) so it will be neat to see this t420 with i5 will compare. Id say easily 100+ fps with medium settings for sure

Being extremely impatient I am about to order the i7 3612 quad core to test it out. Do you think running prime95 stress test could damage anything? I mean it would shut off before anything goes bad I would think but do not have enough experience with it. If it does pass the stress test then its good to go and would most likely run stable in the long run ?????

[brinox]

the system will shut itself down before it causes any damage to the mainboard in terms of heat, BUT prolonged usage at 100% load/thermal spec will decrease the overall lifespan of the laptop if you run it for days at a time like that. It really is the case that these notebook systems are not designed to handle a high processor/thermal load for prolonged periods of time.

that being said, Prime95 isnt exactly the king of 100% thermal load anymore. Google IntelBurnTest or LinX for what Intel uses to put their processors at the the highest of thermal loads. If you drop in that ULV quad core and it doesnt shut itself off relatively quickly, I am certain you'll be fine in the long run - however you may not use my technical opinion on the matter as a warranty because I provide zero support in that respect to your proposed configuration...

[icecream12345]

Hi guys. I ordered mine today!


ThinkPad T430 - 1 Year Depot Topseller Warranty



Processor Intel Core i5-3360M Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz)

Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)

Operating system language Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - English

Display type 14.0" HD+ (1600 x 900) LED Backlit AntiGlare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready

System graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000

Total memory 4 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1 DIMM)

Keyboard Keyboard Backlit - US English

Camera 720p HD Camera with Microphone

Hard drive 500GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm

Ultrabay DVD Recordable

System expansion slots Express Card Slot & 4-in-1 Card Reader

Battery 9 Cell Li-Ion TWL 70++

Power cord 90W AC Adapter - US (2pin)

Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN

Integrated mobile broadband Mobile Broadband up

[bradyboyy88]

How long do you think I should intelburntest for and what settings? Is there anyway to tell if there will be any more ivy bridge processors being released soon? For instance, there was initially the i7 2720 sandy bridge and months later the 2760 came out as an improvement . I would rather hold off on spending if there is going to be an update to these processors soon