Should I cancel my ThinkPad X220 order because of the 'Throttling' issue?

I just ordered a ThinkPad X220 (with i7) and was very much looking forward to receiving it. But all the negative news about the Throttling issue is giving me second thoughts and I am seriously thinking of cancelling my order - even though this will incur a fee.

I don't upgrade my computer very often, but when I do I expect the new one to be in perfect working order.

Am I overreacting? Are there X220 owners out there who love their machines and are experiencing no problems?

Do you think Lenovo will be able to fix this issue - and if so, why haven't we heard anything official from them to reassure customers.

 

No don't cancel, Don't run your laptop with out the battery. Grab your self a 90w power pack which is what I use when I'm pushing my CPU hard for long periods of time like gaming or other programs like de-encrypting user data from backup or when I need faster charging. All of this of corse gets deleted like data soon as I reboot but I haven't had any issues running max cores with the 90w powerpack and some common sense to give the laptop some breathing room underneath when pushed hard. Yes I have the i7 and 8 gigs of ram. Its a killer lappy you will love it.

take care
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Solution: get one with an i5. No reports of any issues with that, and you'll very likely never notice a performance difference. Plus it's cheaper.

 

Better still, one with an i3. It's even cheaper (as in lower price, of course ).

 

Depends on what you plan to use it for. So far, the only real-world application that has the problem is Civ5. Every other instance has been observed by people stress-testing their machines. If you want to play games on this thing, or use it as a mobile workstation for intense 3D work, then you might want to go for the i5, or a different laptop altogether. Otherwise, I doubt the throttling will be a problem. I ordered the i7, and the throttling has not caused me the slightest second-guessing.

 

I concur, but not from the throttling problem standpoint.

From what I gathered from posts on this forum, it looks like high-pitched fan noise is limited to i7. Unless you're running several VMs or really pushing your x220, I don't think you would notice much difference with i3/i5.

I don't see i7 throttling as an issue for me at the moment since I do not constantly push my CPU.

 

I have the i7 in my X220 and do not have any high pitched fan noise. I also am having the down throttling issue but have NOT noticed ANY problems in performance. Love this laptop so far.

 

..and two i5 x220's both had a slight high pitched whine, albeit not bothersome to me

So, it can affect any x220 or not affect it.

 

i7 also gives you usb3 too...

imo, dont cancel. I'm ordering too.

 

I had an i7 once. It never throttled. True story.