X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:38 pm
I think the X61 is a brilliant machine.
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X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
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Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:17 pm
So are you going to purchase??
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:18 pm
Skint and worse still seller is in the same city as me. I would if I had the money.
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:34 pm
so I'm guessing that you're selling it 
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:36 pm
I have an X61 1.6 L7500 already but have been after a 2.4 or 2.5 which are rare.
Never presume - I posted this as I thought it would be of interest to other thinkpad X61/X61s owners, no I am not.
Never presume - I posted this as I thought it would be of interest to other thinkpad X61/X61s owners, no I am not.
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:38 pm
"so I'm guessing that you're selling it"
I don't think so... poster said he would buy it if he weren't 'skint' -- apparently just wishful thinking. I think that may be a good price in UK Euros, but in US Dollars it would be pretty high
I don't think so... poster said he would buy it if he weren't 'skint' -- apparently just wishful thinking. I think that may be a good price in UK Euros, but in US Dollars it would be pretty high
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:46 pm
"I have an X61 1.6 L7500 already but have been after a 2.4 or 2.5"
I have several X61's also -- my husband uses one (he think's it's his
) I use one for travel and one just to play with at home -- they are great machines. I didn't know the X61 even came 2.4 or 2.5 -- I'm guessing it would be a pretty awesome machine. I'm not sure, but I think $150 euro would equal $195 us -- makes this machine a bit on the high side here in the states.
I have several X61's also -- my husband uses one (he think's it's his
) I use one for travel and one just to play with at home -- they are great machines. I didn't know the X61 even came 2.4 or 2.5 -- I'm guessing it would be a pretty awesome machine. I'm not sure, but I think $150 euro would equal $195 us -- makes this machine a bit on the high side here in the states.Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:33 pm
Yeah, but Penryn X61 equipped with T8300 is MUCH faster than regular Merom-based X61 and so much cooler running.
And one more thing: enabling Dual-IDA additional multiplier clocks the CPU to 2.6 GHz, it just flies. My T601p Frankenpad has T8300 and in W7 WEI it gets score of 6.1. Not bad!
And one more thing: enabling Dual-IDA additional multiplier clocks the CPU to 2.6 GHz, it just flies. My T601p Frankenpad has T8300 and in W7 WEI it gets score of 6.1. Not bad!
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:58 pm
If it was coming from a reliable seller I'd say it was a great price for a penryn system, but you never know what you get on ebay, so I wouldn't buy it unless it was cheap, but from what I've seen thinkpads cost much more in uk, so maybe that is a cheap price. I actually just got an X61 penryn system, it was the only penryn out of a truckload of them so I figured I'd grab it.
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:27 pm
so what's the big deal of changing the cpu with a penryn chip ? ... it still uses 965 chipset, just like the t61
Re: X61 T8300 2.4Ghz on sale Ebay UK !!! Can't believe it
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:28 pm
It's not a big deal on T61 since the CPU is socketed.miro_gt wrote:so what's the big deal of changing the cpu with a penryn chip ? ... it still uses 965 chipset, just like the t61
It is a big deal on X61 because of the soldered CPU.
In general, X61 units with Penryns are far rarer than T61s with Penryns.