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Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:51 am
by icuicy
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 4:41 pm
by w0qj
Well, he is in the "Top-Rated Seller" ebay list
1. Price: you need to check other places both brick-and-mortar and websites to check on current price for your W530 model.
2. A word of advice, for 2nd hand computers you need to especially check out for these:
~Computer battery, how long does it last? (anything less than 30 minutes and it's basically a bad battery).
~DVD-R/RW (Optical Drive), is it in working condition?
***Seller said it is a 500 GB 7200rpm Hard Drive, but in another area on same webpage said SSD (Solid State Drive).
I suspect it is a 500 GB 7200rpm Hard Drive, but you need to check.
And there are no bad sectors in your 500 GB 7200rpm Hard Drive, right?
Good luck!
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:11 pm
by palerider
meh... it's not a
bad deal.
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:42 pm
by ajkula66
Original configuration, if the MTM in listing can be trusted...
2438-2HU i7-3720QM(3.6GHz),8GB RAM,500GB 7200rpm HD,15.6in 1900x1080 LCD,2GB Nvidia Quadro K1000M,DVD,Intel 802.11agn wireless,1Gb Ethernet,UltraNav,Secure Chip,Camera,9c Li-Ion,Win7 Pro 64
A reasonably powerful system that should be good for years to come. Throw in an SSD, maybe a bit more RAM and call it a day.
Of course, I'd install the modded BIOS and a 7-row keyboard, but to each their own...
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:26 am
by icuicy
What does the modified bios do? just whitelist?
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:29 am
by icuicy
The listing said it was type 2447-4C8 with 16 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:40 am
by Saucey
I'd say its a good price, but it depends if the battery is at least 80% of a hold.
I previously sold a W530 for $500 this past spring (2016), had to drive about an hour to make the deal but better than the shipping risk.
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:24 pm
by ajkula66
icuicy wrote:The listing said it was type 2447-4C8 with 16 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD
And the description above the listing gave the MTM that I used...so we'll see what you get in the end.
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:52 pm
by icuicy
An update, it came almost mint. It had the camera disabled in the bios that was the only problem.
the i7 runs around 56 C while doing tasks non gaming
screenshot of temps
http://i63.tinypic.com/iqg3rc.jpg
Re: Picked up a w530 for $480 is this a good deal?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:54 am
by hhhd1
and it seems to be having a 256gb Samsung SSD, nice.
