Is this W510 for real?

[woofer0000]

Hi experts, I would like to buy a thinkpad from ebay and would like you guys to ascertain whether this deal is for real based on your years of experience in thinkpad arena, thank you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Track=true

[Harryc]

Seems legit to me. The seller has 100% feedback and has feedback specifically for selling W510's. He was previously selling them for quite a bit more money, so it appears that he/she is dumping inventory, probably in reaction to recent Lenovo discounts and coupons. Nice laptop for the price ...

[woofer0000]

Hi, thanks for the assurance to boost my confidence in purchasing it.

By the way, I saw that W510 supports up to 16gb but the processor in it as I saw in intel product page only support up to 8gb http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=47341, please pardon my ignorance or is this normal?

The system comes equipped with 2 x 2GB ram, if this system has 4 slots and I want to make it 8gb, do you recommend 2 sticks of 4Gb or 4 sticks of 2gb or are they the same in terms of performance?

And how about using generic ram purchased from vendor like Kingston's valueram?

Many many thanks.

[TTY]

Contrary to what the seller claims, the notebook probably doesn't have a quad core processor. The i5 notebook processors are dual core.

[AMATX]

Search this board for threads on memory slots for the W510. I don't follow this model, but I vaguely recall lots of chatter about 2 vs. 4 memory slots. Could be a show stopper if you buy the wrong thing.

[TTY]

The model offered supports max. 8 GB of RAM and has two SO-DIMM sockets. A family member expanded his ThinkPad's memory with Kingston Value RAM, there have been no complaints so far.

[chairsky]

bunnypan is trustworthy, I bought a 2RU from him, amazing