“Now remember, if the whole laptop boots up first try and everything works perfectly, you must have missed a screw somewhere. And if you aren’t missing a screw, something’s broken.” - This resonates with me so much. Every time! Great video, I subscribed.

Did you check your BIOS settings to ensure the ExpressCard slot is actually putting out a Gen 2 PCI-E link, or is it defaulting to Gen 1? Apparently sometimes there are issues with that on these machines, depending on the quality of the cabling and setup as well. Do you have any alternatives besides the ExpressCard - for example, is there an NVMe or mPCI-E-capable slot available on the motherboard, such as the WAN slot, which might offer a better link?

Well, you ended up with a more powerful CPU and renewed thermal paste, both of which will improve this laptop's initial mission of being an excellent business machine. I suspect everything else was just for fun.

Absolutely amazing setup you've got there, and your voice is really relaxing to listen to. I put your videos on loop when programming.

Gaming isn't really the first thing I think when I hear 3rd gen Intel

Socketed CPU in laptops need to make a comeback. I updated my T440p from a dualcore i5-4300M to the quadcore i7-4700MQ. Not only did I instantly feel the performance difference with booting, loading programs and the general snappiness of the system, it also cleared up some weird freezing issues I was having. I'd assumed it was my OS install, but since I've not had many performance related issues since the new CPU I'd bet it was just the poor i5 struggling to manage a modern 64-bit OS. Despite not having the best thermals and the ageing battery taking even more of a hit, I've been pleasantly surprised at the i7's performance in emulation and light gaming!

I appreciate this channel.Very chill.

Omg! I just repasted my t430 yesterday and you upload this 😄😄😄

i had a setup similar to this for a year or 2. quad core t530 with a 1080p screen, thinkpad dock and a gtx 1080ti hooked up through expresscard. youre right, disabling the built in display does make it run faster.

That's so cool! I had T430s and it supported me during my 4 year IT degree! Absolute turstable laptop. I even gamed on it. Ended witcher 3, GTA 5 and Fall out 3/4.

I used to have the same laptop when I was younger. This was such a good laptop for the time!

Yet another awesome video, Thanks for the inspiration!

bought a T 410 for 80 Euros last year excellent machine!

I think the only followup for this would be to stream on twitch on this setup while at a coffee shop.

try plugging in a desktop ATX PSU to the Beast eGPU, it is generally much more recommended over the Dell Power Brick for better stability.

My new favorite tech channel ! Gone through so many ThinkPad videos on youtube before buying my own L390 few days back !! And I use your voice as a relaxing background noise while writing codes, so thank you !!!

Thank you very much for doing this, this was just the information I needed. Now I know I should get a new fast laptop rather than upgrading Lenovo T430.

On multiple occasions, I recall having to change a setting in the bios when installing a graphics card onto a board that came stock without one. Without first doing that, I’ve had many PCs not even register the card as being there at all, and using the cards hdmi will just do nothing. I’ve had it happen with windows and Linux. It’s usually just an option that switches the default setting from the integrated cpu graphics to the card you installed. Some cards do it and some cards just work right off the bat.

My first computer at 30. It means a lot to me. Thanks for this video. Like and subscription. Blessings.

Nice upgrades.

Loving these videos!! Keep up the amazing videos. (sorry to hear that you’re wife doesn’t let you get anymore gpus hope it changes for the better).

Is it while running the graphics card in that external adaptor prone to static electricity? I have the adapter and a t430i model with PCIE EXPRESS SLOT on the right side of it. I am thinking of making a protective enclosure case to protect against drops spills static electricity either out of wood or cardboard

If you do another video on this laptop you should try one thing to upgrade the GPU performance: Use modded drivers, AMD GPUs benefit a lot from having modded drivers, specially older cards

Ran this setup for about 6 months with a GTX 980 when I was at university and it was honestly daily driveable. Only cavieat was that I had to shut down the laptop to remove the GPU but for how jank I'd say it's pretty reasonable. Games worked a lot better.

i swapped 35 watt 2 core for 45 watt 4 core on my thinkpad W530 and I honestly don't like it that much. I now keep Turbo mode disabled to have cooler on quiet. Thinking on buying some used 2nd gend 4 core ryzen atm

Isnt there a way of making the apps games using only the gpu?

Nice video 👍

And yeah, mine just got one line on my screen. Idk why, when i have a plan to buy new one. Few days later, got a white line on my screen. Same with my samsung phone. Almost in one day 😂😂. Even though, it's not broken, it's just got too much heat when just streaming with dual screen. One screen for watching movie, and the other just on home screen. Or is it because i use docking station?

Is a t480 still a good buy today?

i have a t470 6300 256 ssd 1 16 gb ram stick (gonna add 16 more) and want to be able to game a lil. could i do something similar to this on the 470? i paid 200 for my refurb. im new to this, havent built computers since like 2005

I am fear to buy T480 used one because of famous thunderbolt firmware issue.fear is end up with brick. What is your advice?

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - ( PCMCIA ). Later it got renamed to - PC Card. It was more used for portable systems but some home computers it as well. Sone Amiga personal computers had the interface and used it to a good extent.

yeahhhhh i love thinkpad mods

Is it worth buying used one now in 2023?

It’s definitely something with the PCI-E link. I have laptops with the same CPU and they get better performance(my thinkpad t530 with the NVS 5400m, and my ideapad Y580 with a GTX 660m)

I'm wondering if windows is treating it as hybrid graphics with the intel card installed.

A little off topic, could I get an ID on your watch? It looks like a Seiko 5 SNK807, with I think the strap that comes with it.

great video. the i7 363qm has 45w tdp , is it safe on the t430 ?

2:46 | Very accurate I agree 1000% XD

this quad core matches my e15 with i3 10110u

Make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy when working on these projects… your girlfriend will thank you for it. My wife did lol thanks for the fun video and project

I have seen videos of people getting way better results after connecting the egpu to the wan card slot from back panel.

wonder if cache or ram speed became teh bootlnecc

I have a T420 I7 good thing

My dream laptop before bought ideapad slim 3

I hope there will be third party companies making custom motherboards for this

Why isn't Premier pro working? I can't understand. Someone please explain 🙏

6:27 This is way better than my e7300 hd5450 4gb ram, holy hell. I only get 20-30 fps average highest

use M.2 connector, if that thing have one. if not well....is bad xD my T495 have it

Before and after,the transformation will be in after

i have a t420 and a 1650 feeling zesty

I didnt know gamers had girlfriends. Also I would love to see a review of one of those nucs/mini pcs.

I'm amazed the CPU isnt soldered

I Found Out That My 11 Year Old VAIO Laptop Supports Quad Core CPUs!

Sir is t430 compatible in processor i7 2600?

I have just upgraded the RAM from 8 to 16 on an i5 T430. Can anyone please tell me the best next steps? With Windows 10, the bootup is still painfully slow : ( Would an i7 upgrade or an SSD upgrade make the biggest difference? Or both?

Not fully "upgradeable" I got a laptop with dual mxm gpu slots lol it's a clevo p377sma with i7-4940mx, 32gb ram and SLI gtx 980m 8gb lol

I have a same pc

I never uderstand why people try games with Thinkpads, specially with 3rd generation laptops, beats me! I have a Thinkpad 520 with a dual 10 inches side screen I adpated, 16 gigas Ram, 2 x usb 3.0 adapter for the express card, extra caddy for an 500 gigas extra storage disk, msata disk adapter and an SD 200 gigas for the main OS, thats all, runs like the wind, not gaming only games I have are Gran Theft Auto San Andreas, and some older games for when I am bored, the keyboard is magnificent, the screen is okay, and best of all...I use it for business task, like it was meant to be used...not gaming.

lmao at 3:22

Bro you like squidward 😂

I'm curious how this would go with my T480 and the GTX 1650 I have that doesn't have 6 pin power needs. The adapter thing probably needs power itself. Ok so based on this video once again AMD GPU for the win.

Cheap Q9650 system will put this T430 on its nees. And you can add any gpu you want. Have you thought about that?

4k editiing & heavy gaming old laptop

Oh... ho ho ho! I clicked the thumb-up-icon which counted 665 likes so far... now one more 😉

how come the cpu wasnt fused?

No no you've got to upgrade the internal GPU somehow. Some way or another, you've got to get a decent GPU inside there. It's a laptop for cryin out loud, stay true to it's laptop..ness.

to use the 1650, you probably need to mod the bios to change the UEFI boot mod to legacy

You can edit video...on windows photos video editor lmao

Thinkpads are the coolest

I didn't know dudes had a vocal fry like valley girls

Got my T470 for $80.

45W VS 35W DEATH LAPTOP

try again with more ram

I just play emulators or games from that era on mine. I really wouldn't use it as anything but a an Internet browser or for basic computing otherwise. Just too old really.

GTX1650 only works with UEFI bios. That's why the T430 does not work with it

$240 ! For 100 dollars more you can buy Asus tuf a15 gaming from best buy💀

to be frank all these hassle ain't worth it,just save money and either build a gaming pc or buy a gaming laptop laptop instead

Test the gta v on it

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LOL

the only thing you should upgrade is your motherboard bro.. why you doin all this hassle.. just upgrade the mobo with the integrated " GPU" aka the NVS5400m.. the gpu can play Gta V 720p 35++ medium settings..

Gtx 1650 or higher not gonna work with intel hd 4000 and if you put two invidia its not gonna work you need sumthing less powerful like amd rx500😂 Im sorry i cant 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂pfffffff😂😂😂😂

WOO IM FIRST!!

not even a cooler upgrade :(

Try Linux

premiere is stupid, anyway

I have a x201 💀 try me