Psivewri G-Force now change the game! This T420 is an awesome secondary PC for basic tasks. Or a fantastic cheap option non techy enthousiasts. Good pick!
@@LM-tp7lb The graphics are fine. If you are really into competitive gaming then it's not the laptop for you. I absolutely love this laptop it could last long and good for office and school tasks.
The T420 is my daily driver laptop - has a wonderful design, rugged build quality and with a 9 cell battery I can get 7+ hours of use. I absolutely love this machine!
I use a Lenovo T420 myself. I initially acquired it for around $80 on ebay. I've since upgraded the RAM to 8GB, swapped out the optical drive for a drive caddy for a 1TB harddrive, swapped out the battery with an extended battery that would increase battery life by double, and added an mSATA SSD. By far, the addition of the mSATA SSD was the greatest performance boost, next to the RAM upgrade. Worth noting: some variants of the T420 come with an i7 instead of an i5 and have a discrete NVIDIA Optimus chip with Intel Graphics instead of just the plain Intel Graphics. Edit: this video did not mention that there are variants of the laptop in question with far greater resolution of 1600x900p.
I did the same with my T420! I tossed the HDD and installed and SSD, added another SSD in the ultrabay and an mSata SSD in the msata drive. What a lovely machine.
Brother this is probably the best T420 review on youtube till date.Those clean shots are amazing.Just one suggestion your video is hard to find searching T420 key word.Please change your title or keywords so that this video is easily found.You deserve more subscribers.
ThinkPads like the T420 or X230 are perfect for CRPGs, RTS or 4X titles from the 98/XP days and even up to something like Civ5 or Dragon Age: Origins. Emulation of NES/SNES and Sega Mega Drive is also totally fine on these machines as well. Some cleaning and new thermal compound will keep them running for ages and what more games do you need? No DLC, no microtransaction shiet.
Yeah, but you need a decent PC that HAS A NVIDIA GPU, which would cost much more than the laptop itself and the whole thing is kinda cheating in my opinion.
no need of an nvidia gpu's youre dumb or what. Geforce now has their own GPU for run every geforce now pc. plz go to google and write what is geforce now. Youre kinda stupid
Isaac Beitzel eh smart school they are cheep and practical because the thinkpad is not that easy to destroy so it would probably work out good in a school.
AMAZING VIDEO :) I love these videos where you review old tech and see how capable they are of handling modern day tasks. Can't wait to see more of these types of videos.
It's a shame that you can't just pop a GT 1030 into these. Most older high end laptops (2011- present) have good CPU'S such as the i5 in this laptop. It would really extend the life of laptops if companies like Dell allowed users to upgrade GPU'S and didn't solder them onto the motherboard.
I'm using one of these laptops with an external GPU setup, and I can play some games on it for sure :) Granted, I have to be at my desk for it to work, but it isn't a big deal whatsoever
I would personally gone for an AMD gpu to upgrade a laptop if only I could. Although there is Eurocom laptops which is the closest thing you can get to a modular laptop.
I recently managed to get my hands on a used T530 for only $100 AUD which is in almost perfect condition other than some marks and gunk on the top matte surface and it didn't come with a battery at all. I just bought a replacement aftermarket battery that was proven to pass the BIOS DRM for around $40 and it is my daily driver now apart from my desktop. For a machine this powerful and for the price I paid, it does everything incredibly including a few modern game titles. Not to mention it still has a crazy amount of customisability including up to 16gb of RAM and the ability to replace everything from the drive, the disk bay and the CPU. Good video man, everyone needs to know these machines exist so they can stop wasting money on modern laptops 5X the price and with under half the performance.
Watching this on my own T420. I got mine for a similar price and was lucky to get it with the i5 2540 and the higher end display. I also got a docking station with mine. Does everything I need my laptop to do running Linux.
The short answer: Yes, you can game A LOT on it. The longer answer: No, it may not run the modern, poorly optimized AAA ports and large open-world titles too good any more, at least out of the box. Plus at least 8GB of RAM is highly recommended, as integrated graphics chips use RAM as their VRAM.
I scoured Ebay for a few years before finally finding a mint Thinkpad W520 with 2GB GPU and 1920 x 1200 screen, SSD drive and 8GB DDR3. Fantastic laptop and what most consider the last real Thinkpad, before Lenovo began dumbing them down and lowering the quality to be more consumer focused.
Try T420 with dual graphic in it. it use Nvidia 4200 1GB, still good enough for photo/video editing mid even by 2018 standart. and you also can plug USB 3.0 to Express Card 34 if you want to.
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T510 that I got in 2015. It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 M520 and 4 GB of RAM. No webcam, but it has a really good keyboard. 1366x768 display gets the job done. It originally had Windows 7 (w/o any of that bloatware found on modern laptops), but I upgraded to Windows 10 in 2015. With this specifications, it would make the ultimate mid-range PC for $450-$500. It used to be my primary laptop until this past Christmas. Now I have a Dell Inspiron 15 3567.
If you can, I suggest to replace the harddrive with an SSD hardrive. Startup time will dramatically increase, and other PC functions will happen faster too.
with an additional 60 bucks, you can buy a pci-e dock, a used gpu, a powerbrick and you can connect it trough Expresscard or mini pcie. I have this exact same laptop paired with my desktops gtx 570 and It runs games amazing, as the cpu is strong. Got mine for 110 dollars
Yeah, but meh. External graphic cards are not going to give you the same level of performance you can get in a full desktop. Also, I bought mine with 8GB of RAM single-stick, 3G adapter, a 16GB MicroSD Card inside probably because it was forgotten and the Dock Station for 100€, ruffly 120$. THAT was a good deal.
I still dream of getting one T430 to be my loyal companion. Used to game on a Lenovo s400 and even played Valorant and League. Only thing i would do is upgrade it's cpu, maybe i7
Yes, you can game on such a cheap laptop. Its all depends on the games you play on such an old laptop. For power games, i would recommend upgrading to an SSD hard drive.
I own a T400 from the Core2 Duo era sporting a P8600 2.4 GHz. , 4GB DDR3 RAM, 750GB 7200rpm HDD and Intel GMA 4500MHD. Lesser specs than those presented here yet my machine can game!!!!! Emulation goes as far as PSP and NDS with locked 60FPS fullscreen on 1440x900 resolution. Bluestacks runs flawlessly even with real time PvP games like war wings and even some steam mmo shooters like Black Squad work decently enough, all over WiFi on x64 Windows 10 LTSB; Considering the T400 was released in 2008 and my unit is the entry level variant it´s performance is somewhat impressive....
The most efficient thing to upgrade on a laptop overall is the ram capacity and channel which does a pretty good job boosting performance. Small capacity of the ram or single channel can bootleneck the cpu´s integrated graphics drastically. I would recommend at least double the capacity of what this laptop came with.
I bought this exact laptop probably 2 years ago because of the decent specs and the low price even then. It sure beat the even older Pentium processor I was dealing with before it!
I used to play half life 2 on this laptop all the time in highschool using the nipple mouse to aim. It worked pretty well and was a lot better than a trackpad suprisingly.
I swapped my i5-2450m out of my old laptop in favor for a i5-3340m with hd 4000 graphics, it was much much more capable. you should be able to do the same on this laptop.
If you play with bots in csgo your fps will drop significantly because the bots are very demanding on the cpu. Next time play some deathmatch or competitive to get true performance measurements :)
I have that laptop and it's good for school/office work definitely would not reccomend gaming on this as I have tried it before. The graphics card makes any game look like pixel art on minecraft and it lags too much.
This model also came with a 1600x900 LCD and Switchable GPU (Nvidia NVS4200M next to the Intel Graphics) and also had a Intel i7 quadcore CPU. So if you still wanna do some gaming on it, you may wanna consider that model over the much cheaper i5 dualcore + intel-graphics-only model which has been shown in the video. :)
Look dude. The T420 is my exact same laptop, I picked up this on purpose and yadda yadda. But. As long you keep your expectations low, you actually CAN play games on this laptop. With 8GB of RAM you can play slighty older games or esport games no problem. Maybe on low settings, but I found myself playing a lot of TF2, CS:GO, GTA San Andreas and even recent titles that are not very demanding on-the-go. You can game on a T420. But you can't play GTA V ultra-settings at 60fps, that's for sure.
Probably yes, someone I know did it with an X220. It has an ExpressCard port, or you can remove the 3G adapter and connect it there. But let's face it. There is no point in doing it. You're not going to get the performance of the same graphic card connected in a desktop PC. The T420 has been relased with the Intel HD Graphic 3000 but also with an Nvidia GPU, I guess that with it you can squeeze some more gaming performances, but this is a portable workstation, an external graphic card is not going to turn it in a gaming rig. A 400$ desktop would be better. But still, this is an EXCELLENT laptop, totally worth the money.
ThinkPads are the best laptops of all time. They are cheap and powerful and super durable. I recently picked up an x240 and it can play games at 60fps and even edit 1080p video, It was only $155 shipped too!
I bought similar for $210 but w/ 8gb of ram, 1600x900 display, and I replaced the dvd drive with a caddy drive and put a 320gb solid state drive in. Boots up within 15 seconds.
Of course you can. Load up windows 3.1 and dos and you got a damn good gaming machine...none of the games put out today are worth playing so you don't need a brand new $5k+ computer to play games on.
ThinkPads are often purchased in bulk by IT departments for schools and businesses because not only are they durable but because they are often cheaper.
Used tech is really cheap is USA. In my country а T520 (good condition , not refurbished) is about 250$. But still , 1000$ ultrabooks have similar performance compared to a T420 , T520.
Best available models had 1600x900 (crappy colors) - it's possible to use Alienware screen (TN but much better). After flashing CoreBoot it's possible to use i5-3xxxM or i7-3xxxQM. If You get version without dGPU add eGPU via adapter on ExpressCard. Perfect setup (very cheap optional docking station) ;)
WOW! i have the same laptop but its a 'lenovo T430' and its thinner but can u make a video of opening it and how to connect it on a led tv? i would love it
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Psivewri you should play war thunder and is a great pc tester plus world of tanks
hey does it support AutoCAD?
@psivewri you should definitely bring this back and do some upgrades...is it good for 2020/21!?
Always love your stuff, great video!
I like your videos 🤩
im not surprised you are here. but also i am surprised.
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Love ur vids u gonna be real big one day i have fate in u
thinkPads are like the universal laptop.
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Thickpad is worst i also have that same laptop but the worst pofermance
@@harrydeora203nah mate you just fucked up your system
@@Combinehuntsmanunit is the thinkpad T560 good for gaming?
@@harrydeora203 bro how can you expect good performance when you have like 50 viruses on your system😐
Thanks you commenters for bringing Geforce Now to my attention :) I'll be sure to try it on future reviews. - Nathan
Psivewri G-Force now change the game! This T420 is an awesome secondary PC for basic tasks. Or a fantastic cheap option non techy enthousiasts. Good pick!
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im watching this video on the exact same laptop in the video
Me three!!!
@@kristiantodorov5080 is it a good laptop ? İ bought one because it looks beautifull but after this video it seems like it have very poor graphics
me too
LM10 why does everybody think it’s all about the graphics? Get a brain
@@LM-tp7lb The graphics are fine. If you are really into competitive gaming then it's not the laptop for you. I absolutely love this laptop it could last long and good for office and school tasks.
The T420 is my daily driver laptop - has a wonderful design, rugged build quality and with a 9 cell battery I can get 7+ hours of use. I absolutely love this machine!
I use a Lenovo T420 myself. I initially acquired it for around $80 on ebay. I've since upgraded the RAM to 8GB, swapped out the optical drive for a drive caddy for a 1TB harddrive, swapped out the battery with an extended battery that would increase battery life by double, and added an mSATA SSD. By far, the addition of the mSATA SSD was the greatest performance boost, next to the RAM upgrade. Worth noting: some variants of the T420 come with an i7 instead of an i5 and have a discrete NVIDIA Optimus chip with Intel Graphics instead of just the plain Intel Graphics.
Edit: this video did not mention that there are variants of the laptop in question with far greater resolution of 1600x900p.
I did the same with my T420! I tossed the HDD and installed and SSD, added another SSD in the ultrabay and an mSata SSD in the msata drive. What a lovely machine.
I have a lenovo y series it has 1tv hdd a 160 GB ssd a nvidia quadro dedicated graphics + intel HD 4000 graphics 32 GB ram
I can only find the t440s in my country in one place and they are asking 555 for it wtf
In 2020 I have the same laptop with 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD 860 evo and I5 processor, I love it.
Nico Channel i have it too and im playing LoL on it :)
What FPS does it run on games u play?
@@hmkk1746 x2
Me too ...
I play far cry 2 ultra ,3 low , gta iv medium ,v low , Ets2 high , bf1 low ,
30+fps
@@factblastPt
Is he good for the design and gaming
Hey justed wanted to tell you that I've been enjoying your videos really much recently. Keep it up and you will get far on this platform :D
i think you bought it because of the model name.
Haha,
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*420*
???
You can upgrade the cpu to a I7 2XXXM and you can mod the Intel HD with modded driver and can increase vram to 256MB or 512mb with regedit .
how do you increase vram?
Won't help much, the integrated graphics chip is weak.
you can increase vram with regedit . But you need Intel HD 3000 or higher to do it
You can also go LowSpecGamer style and get better FPS in games (with reduced graphics tho).
I am telling how to make a laptop powerful for everything
Yeah, and with the upgrades it may be even better!
Actually even on a pentium 3 from 5$ you can game, depending on what you wanna play.
Brother this is probably the best T420 review on youtube till date.Those clean shots are amazing.Just one suggestion your video is hard to find searching T420 key word.Please change your title or keywords so that this video is easily found.You deserve more subscribers.
ThinkPads like the T420 or X230 are perfect for CRPGs, RTS or 4X titles from the 98/XP days and even up to something like Civ5 or Dragon Age: Origins. Emulation of NES/SNES and Sega Mega Drive is also totally fine on these machines as well. Some cleaning and new thermal compound will keep them running for ages and what more games do you need? No DLC, no microtransaction shiet.
If you use GeForce now you can game on a potato
Smick ya
Yeah, but you need a decent PC that HAS A NVIDIA GPU, which would cost much more than the laptop itself and the whole thing is kinda cheating in my opinion.
no need of an nvidia gpu's youre dumb or what. Geforce now has their own GPU for run every geforce now pc. plz go to google and write what is geforce now. Youre kinda stupid
@@Mohas191 You're* Plz* No*. Bro, if you have bad grammar, you probably shouldn't be calling other people stupid.
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These are the laptops are school gives us...lol
Isaac Beitzel eh smart school they are cheep and practical because the thinkpad is not that easy to destroy so it would probably work out good in a school.
Sway agreed but the cases are pretty bad on a lot of the ThinkPad models.
Not very good for a school.
I've got Lenovo e31 500€.
Isaac Beitzel My college makes heavy use of Latitudes and Precisions.
@Isaac Beitzel: Your school made a damn fine & smart investment.
AMAZING VIDEO :) I love these videos where you review old tech and see how capable they are of handling modern day tasks. Can't wait to see more of these types of videos.
I have a Toshiba laptop right now, but I think that a Thinkpad T420 is my next laptop.
You know what...this old freaking laptop is better than my new modern laptop...my laptop can't even run minecraft😭
I am using this laptop it gives 20-30 fps on 8 render chunks,by lowering every visible setting.
I'm watching this on the same laptop shown in the video, but upgraded
LOL 😂
I have the same laptop but i want to upgrade the GPU, what do you recommend ? With low budget if it's possible
@@abderrahimriad8280 i actually really dont know bcz i have only upgraded my with ssd and cpu
Fun fact this video came out when I got mine and here I am watching 3 years later
Dude, I’m so glad I found your channel! A small channel aspiring to go big, also I love your vids!
It's a shame that you can't just pop a GT 1030 into these. Most older high end laptops (2011- present) have good CPU'S such as the i5 in this laptop. It would really extend the life of laptops if companies like Dell allowed users to upgrade GPU'S and didn't solder them onto the motherboard.
Fat Max You can do it using the wifi card PCI-e slot actually
Vincenzo Lisi or ExpressCard for more performance
I'm using one of these laptops with an external GPU setup, and I can play some games on it for sure :) Granted, I have to be at my desk for it to work, but it isn't a big deal whatsoever
I would personally gone for an AMD gpu to upgrade a laptop if only I could. Although there is Eurocom laptops which is the closest thing you can get to a modular laptop.
I recently managed to get my hands on a used T530 for only $100 AUD which is in almost perfect condition other than some marks and gunk on the top matte surface and it didn't come with a battery at all. I just bought a replacement aftermarket battery that was proven to pass the BIOS DRM for around $40 and it is my daily driver now apart from my desktop. For a machine this powerful and for the price I paid, it does everything incredibly including a few modern game titles. Not to mention it still has a crazy amount of customisability including up to 16gb of RAM and the ability to replace everything from the drive, the disk bay and the CPU. Good video man, everyone needs to know these machines exist so they can stop wasting money on modern laptops 5X the price and with under half the performance.
Watching this on my own T420. I got mine for a similar price and was lucky to get it with the i5 2540 and the higher end display. I also got a docking station with mine. Does everything I need my laptop to do running Linux.
0:35 It is in ****ing perfect condition. That's a reference to the Computer Clan.
The short answer: Yes, you can game A LOT on it.
The longer answer: No, it may not run the modern, poorly optimized AAA ports and large open-world titles too good any more, at least out of the box. Plus at least 8GB of RAM is highly recommended, as integrated graphics chips use RAM as their VRAM.
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holy crap, my current laptop lol
Lascivious Lynn same
nice
I actually have the t410 but about the same thing lol
Lascivious Lynn same
What game do you play on it
I scoured Ebay for a few years before finally finding a mint Thinkpad W520 with 2GB GPU and 1920 x 1200 screen, SSD drive and 8GB DDR3. Fantastic laptop and what most consider the last real Thinkpad, before Lenovo began dumbing them down and lowering the quality to be more consumer focused.
i got the lenovo t430 this years for my birthday and its still so fast with windows 10 and all works great good laptop
You deserve more subs, your content is really great! Keep up the good work :)
Older thinkpads seem to be the only laptops now that can put: reasonable price, good build quality and good performance together in the same sentence
Try T420 with dual graphic in it. it use Nvidia 4200 1GB, still good enough for photo/video editing mid even by 2018 standart.
and you also can plug USB 3.0 to Express Card 34 if you want to.
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T510 that I got in 2015. It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 M520 and 4 GB of RAM. No webcam, but it has a really good keyboard. 1366x768 display gets the job done. It originally had Windows 7 (w/o any of that bloatware found on modern laptops), but I upgraded to Windows 10 in 2015. With this specifications, it would make the ultimate mid-range PC for $450-$500. It used to be my primary laptop until this past Christmas. Now I have a Dell Inspiron 15 3567.
One of the reasons this doesn’t run games well is because it’s a business machine and not consumer machine.
You deserve way more subs! Awesome vid!
Love the old think pads I use a lenovo thinkpad t400 for school
If you can, I suggest to replace the harddrive with an SSD hardrive. Startup time will dramatically increase, and other PC functions will happen faster too.
I got a thinkpad w510 for free... and it plays pretty much any older games a good settings.
You can actually upgrade the i5 to a quad core i7 on the t420
with an additional 60 bucks, you can buy a pci-e dock, a used gpu, a powerbrick and you can connect it trough Expresscard or mini pcie. I have this exact same laptop paired with my desktops gtx 570 and It runs games amazing, as the cpu is strong. Got mine for 110 dollars
Yeah, but meh. External graphic cards are not going to give you the same level of performance you can get in a full desktop.
Also, I bought mine with 8GB of RAM single-stick, 3G adapter, a 16GB MicroSD Card inside probably because it was forgotten and the Dock Station for 100€, ruffly 120$. THAT was a good deal.
This is the same laptop my school had lying in its library for a while
I still dream of getting one T430 to be my loyal companion. Used to game on a Lenovo s400 and even played Valorant and League. Only thing i would do is upgrade it's cpu, maybe i7
Yes, you can game on such a cheap laptop. Its all depends on the games you play on such an old laptop. For power games, i would recommend upgrading to an SSD hard drive.
Great throwback video once again mate :). How do you find all.these ripper deals
Yall better hold on to them, I have its 15-inch brother, the T520. They are the last Thinkpads of IBM lineage.
I use a maxed out T430 with an external GPU as my daily driver for gaming and also my work. It’s awesome.
I have the t420s and it works perfect with dolphin emulator. best laptop i own.
I own a T400 from the Core2 Duo era sporting a P8600 2.4 GHz. , 4GB DDR3 RAM, 750GB 7200rpm HDD and Intel GMA 4500MHD.
Lesser specs than those presented here yet my machine can game!!!!!
Emulation goes as far as PSP and NDS with locked 60FPS fullscreen on 1440x900 resolution.
Bluestacks runs flawlessly even with real time PvP games like war wings and even some steam mmo shooters like Black Squad work decently enough, all over WiFi on x64 Windows 10 LTSB; Considering the T400 was released in 2008 and my unit is the entry level variant it´s performance is somewhat impressive....
I use a T430 daily that I picked up for $125 a few months ago. I stuck and SSD in it and it runs solid with great performance for a 5 y/o laptop.
The most efficient thing to upgrade on a laptop overall is the ram capacity and channel which does a pretty good job boosting performance. Small capacity of the ram or single channel can bootleneck the cpu´s integrated graphics drastically. I would recommend at least double the capacity of what this laptop came with.
I legit used the same laptop for the past sad 5 years of my life, so glad I got an actual pc
Now I know why my school bought these
the panel on this device and similar models are still better than current day budget laptop panels quite sad
I bought this exact laptop probably 2 years ago because of the decent specs and the low price even then. It sure beat the even older Pentium processor I was dealing with before it!
When I see the 1 icon next to the channel, I am always eager to watch
Thinkpads are the Nokia 3310s of the laptop world.
Strong and can last for years and years
Yay nice video love ur vids do cheap computers gaming pc please
for the ram there is another ram stick inside of the laptop
I used to play half life 2 on this laptop all the time in highschool using the nipple mouse to aim. It worked pretty well and was a lot better than a trackpad suprisingly.
I really love this channel
Hey I like your videos. They are very interesting :D.
I swapped my i5-2450m out of my old laptop in favor for a i5-3340m with hd 4000 graphics, it was much much more capable. you should be able to do the same on this laptop.
If you play with bots in csgo your fps will drop significantly because the bots are very demanding on the cpu. Next time play some deathmatch or competitive to get true performance measurements :)
Holy Shit! My sister uses this exact laptop still, but it's missing keys, lol. The battery is also shot, lasting 5 minutes unplugged, literally
Just bought a T420 it's pretty filthy and scratched but it's the high end model with a NVIDIA GPU and i7 processor
I'm currently waiting for an ad about the "new" VAIO SX14 to finish. Quite unexpected.
I have that laptop and it's good for school/office work definitely would not reccomend gaming on this as I have tried it before. The graphics card makes any game look like pixel art on minecraft and it lags too much.
This model also came with a 1600x900 LCD and Switchable GPU (Nvidia NVS4200M next to the Intel Graphics) and also had a Intel i7 quadcore CPU. So if you still wanna do some gaming on it, you may wanna consider that model over the much cheaper i5 dualcore + intel-graphics-only model which has been shown in the video. :)
These are the laptops we have at school
Look dude.
The T420 is my exact same laptop, I picked up this on purpose and yadda yadda.
But.
As long you keep your expectations low, you actually CAN play games on this laptop. With 8GB of RAM you can play slighty older games or esport games no problem. Maybe on low settings, but I found myself playing a lot of TF2, CS:GO, GTA San Andreas and even recent titles that are not very demanding on-the-go. You can game on a T420. But you can't play GTA V ultra-settings at 60fps, that's for sure.
Can you put a e-gpu on ir ?
Probably yes, someone I know did it with an X220. It has an ExpressCard port, or you can remove the 3G adapter and connect it there.
But let's face it. There is no point in doing it. You're not going to get the performance of the same graphic card connected in a desktop PC. The T420 has been relased with the Intel HD Graphic 3000 but also with an Nvidia GPU, I guess that with it you can squeeze some more gaming performances, but this is a portable workstation, an external graphic card is not going to turn it in a gaming rig. A 400$ desktop would be better.
But still, this is an EXCELLENT laptop, totally worth the money.
Your voice sounds a little like PhilsComputerLab :), btw nice video
0:15 This guy is a time traveler
nice you got it cheap i payed $267 with ram upgrade from 4 gb to 8gb for my t410 came with windows 10 pro
the t420 with quadro nvs runs games very well
ThinkPads are the best laptops of all time. They are cheap and powerful and super durable. I recently picked up an x240 and it can play games at 60fps and even edit 1080p video, It was only $155 shipped too!
KingASE88 I wouldn't doubt that :) The Lenovo X230 I made a video on was pretty good as well.
Love your vids
It’s finally 2018... damn time flies!
I bought similar for $210 but w/ 8gb of ram, 1600x900 display, and I replaced the dvd drive with a caddy drive and put a 320gb solid state drive in. Boots up within 15 seconds.
Of course you can. Load up windows 3.1 and dos and you got a damn good gaming machine...none of the games put out today are worth playing so you don't need a brand new $5k+ computer to play games on.
i noticed when he opened it that the model number was T420 (420 blaze it)
That Hackerman reference... xD
yea do a IBM Thinkpad T60
its 11 years old with core duo and 1 gb ram max os is windows 10
thinkpads have the best keyboards you can find but for gaming don't expect much even on the new models since they are business laptops
The thinkpad is the son of the Nokia 3310
we used this computer a school lmao
Viviano We have Lenovo e31 at school (500€)
ThinkPads are often purchased in bulk by IT departments for schools and businesses because not only are they durable but because they are often cheaper.
e31.... I have the E43, LMAO!
My 'gaming ' laptop and school laptop is a Lenovo T530. I have no graphics card, an i7 3rd gen and 12 gb of ram. God help us all.
Mine has a GPU but Intel HD 4000 is apparently 30% better so yh :/
Used tech is really cheap is USA. In my country а T520 (good condition , not refurbished) is about 250$. But still , 1000$ ultrabooks have similar performance compared to a T420 , T520.
That's my Laptop, and Csgo at 30 Fps Avg
Don't subscribe please Lowest settings 1280x720?
How did you find a T420 for 105?! Holy shit!
If you add 8 gig stick of ram to the laptop then you can probably play GTA IV on it
When a school laptop better then you 600 desktop
But this would work good for geforce now
Dentix Graphics yeah, it would probably be great for streaming stuff like that.
*Edited because I misread your comment as a question earlier :P*
Jason Andrews lol k
The model with the NVS4200M pushes 1600x900 and actually games much better than this video portrays.
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My ThinkPad broke, when I plug the adapted in and switch it on, it doesn't go on but shows led lights...some one tell me what's wrong
Same
Best available models had 1600x900 (crappy colors) - it's possible to use Alienware screen (TN but much better). After flashing CoreBoot it's possible to use i5-3xxxM or i7-3xxxQM. If You get version without dGPU add eGPU via adapter on ExpressCard. Perfect setup (very cheap optional docking station) ;)
That laptop was faster than my laptop. That's why you shouldn't buy a netbook.
WOW! i have the same laptop but its a 'lenovo T430' and its thinner but can u make a video of opening it and how to connect it on a led tv? i would love it