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x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
Its incredible that In year 2021 I use my X230 i7 3520m as my daily driver laptop and it runs flawlessly.
Anyone who wants to buy a X230 in year 2021, I still highly recommend it.
Install !vyrain bios patch, put in 16gb ram, do the 12.5 inch1080p or 13.3 inch 1080 or 16:10 full panel assembly upgrade and enjoy this laptop.
Anyone who wants to buy a X230 in year 2021, I still highly recommend it.
Install !vyrain bios patch, put in 16gb ram, do the 12.5 inch1080p or 13.3 inch 1080 or 16:10 full panel assembly upgrade and enjoy this laptop.
Re: x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
Got one today!Yao2000 wrote:Its incredible that In year 2021 I use my X230 i7 3520m as my daily driver laptop and it runs flawlessly.
Anyone who wants to buy a X230 in year 2021, I still highly recommend it.
Install !vyrain bios patch, put in 16gb ram, do the 12.5 inch1080p or 13.3 inch 1080 or 16:10 full panel assembly upgrade and enjoy this laptop.
4GB RAM and 320GB HDD, but with the "premium" panel (looks great).
Upgraded with Samsung 860 Evo SSD and 16GB of RAM on the way. I think I'll keep it this way, with just these upgrades.
Re: x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
I have the crappy 720p panel on my x230i and yet I've gotten used to it enough to not let it be an annoyance. The *30 series has been a great survivor into the 'modern' world and I doubt that they'll become a drag in the next few years.Boxxer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:42 pmGot one today!Yao2000 wrote:Its incredible that In year 2021 I use my X230 i7 3520m as my daily driver laptop and it runs flawlessly.
Anyone who wants to buy a X230 in year 2021, I still highly recommend it.
Install !vyrain bios patch, put in 16gb ram, do the 12.5 inch1080p or 13.3 inch 1080 or 16:10 full panel assembly upgrade and enjoy this laptop.
4GB RAM and 320GB HDD, but with the "premium" panel (looks great).
Upgraded with Samsung 860 Evo SSD and 16GB of RAM on the way. I think I'll keep it this way, with just these upgrades.
On the Move - X230 - (2324-E41) i3 2370M, 12GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, 1366x768
Workstation - W541 - (20EG) i7 4810QM, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, 1980x1080
Daily Driver - Linux - T430 - (2349-7N7) i5 3320M, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1600x900
Backup - T420s - (4170-RM4) i5 2520M, 12GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 1600x900
Workstation - W541 - (20EG) i7 4810QM, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, 1980x1080
Daily Driver - Linux - T430 - (2349-7N7) i5 3320M, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1600x900
Backup - T420s - (4170-RM4) i5 2520M, 12GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 1600x900
Re: x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
Hey sir, what features from vyrain are you using?
The 13.3 and 16:10 certainly don't look trivial.. that's rather brutal rework of the screen part right? Did anybody document them anywhere?
P.S. I wish my T520 was workstation-grade: building LLVM from source is taking hours. I suspect it would have taken a very considerable amount of time even on the latest and greatest hardware.. But a couple more cores certainly wouldn't hurt me. Another nice thing latest machines have are the NVMe SSD-s. Heck, I also wish that six-core X2100 would show up after all. That was planned to be my workstation-grade iron/ultraportable all in one..
Am I not mistaken here? There's no way to obtain NVMe speeds on Ivy Bridge Thinkpads?.. All these expresscards and internal slots still don't give us true NVM.e bliss do they?
X220, 2 *T520
Re: x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
Basically lid has to be cut to fit 13.3 screen (bezel too, but you can order it pre-cut), and screen is glued with double sided tape. Also taobao or nitrocaster board is needed that is soldered into the motherboard and acts as adapter for FHD compatibility. You can find more about the process of converting it to 13.3 here https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comme ... e/e1dbzkn/, but I believe there should be a thread about it too and I hope I can post links here.
Re: x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
Yep, I was wondering if anybody ever documented the process in sufficient detail..
X220, 2 *T520
Re: x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021
For lid cutting there is a link provided for pics what should be cut in that reddit post, this one: https://imgur.com/a/6CGlx
But I agree that one tutorial that explains every step would make it a lot easier. Maybe when I will have all needed parts I will try to make one
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