Good deal!

Nice man, got i5 gen 8, battery, charger, and good condition for $119. Will do the same with mine of upgrading to 32 gb and 1-2 tb nvme. Maybe get duel heatsink since people are saying it’s good

I have exactly the same t480 as you. your instance probably has poor CPU and GPU cooling. you need to check the density of pressing the planes of the copper radiator to the planes of the CPU and GPU crystals. stamping of copper plates can have small defects in the form of protrusions, which makes it impossible to press the cooling radiator and chips. it is necessary to align the planes as much as possible, by the method of grinding and polishing, constantly applying, to compare the contacting planes. one more nuance, the temperature sensor, which in the form of a wire, is pressed against the side plate of the radiator, reacts too slowly to the rise in temperature, and it needs to be moved to the heat pipes. then the fan will react faster, increasing the speed earlier than now. thus cpu throttling will not be as critical. Also, it's a software problem in temperature and CPU frequency management, which drops when the mx150 GPU exceeds 70°C. also, before starting the game on t480, give the laptop some time for the antivirus to scan the system, and only then start the game. try it good luck

Change the thermal paste, it helped some.

Use Sodium mod for Minecraft I get 100-150 fps with a 40 chunk render with the i7 8650u

yessss pls

A485 is an interesting alternative to the T480. It's a solid choice if you prefer AMD's cpus. However, keep in mind that the A485 might have some minor differences in battery life and thermals compared to the T480.

Thanks for suggestion. I've been undervolting the T480 a bit lately, the temperatures are suspiciously high even while watching KZfaq.

@@benchmarks31 Are you suggesting that the temps are higher because of the undervolt? I doubt it's because of that. You might want to check other metrics in ThrottleStop. Personally, I'm fine with my CPU running at max temps under load. I got a 4234 Cinebench multi-core score with 4 passes this morning after trying out a bit more undervolting.

No, you misunderstood. The temperatures are high before undervolting. Even in the video you can see that the temperatures on stock settings are very high - 90 degrees Celsius during gaming.

@@benchmarks31 Wont undervolting reduce temperatures?

Yes, it will lower the temperature. That's why I've recently become interested in CPU undervolting and I'm planning to do it on my T480.

Yes, the T480 will work great with Linux! Thinkpads generally have great Linux compatibility.

@@benchmarks31 thanks!

yesss pls

t480 was the last decent Thinkpad in the txx0 lineup The ones have soldered ram and shit yk

Yes, you can replace the keyboard with a backlit one in the X280.

How was it

@@omkarpawar7502 still no chance to find one in local market.

It depends on your preferences. The X390 is basically a 13-inch T490. However, it is important to note that the X390 has RAM soldered in, so it is not easy to upgrade.

@benchmarks31 thanks. Sadly I had to get the x390 yoga instead of the t480. I still think it should be alright for what I have to do. It's also just temporary (at least that's what I'm telling myself)

X390 Yoga is a great laptop! I have X1 Yoga 1st gen (i5 6th gen) and it is a great laptop for browsing the internet and watching YT.

@benchmarks31 so (random question) would it be better to keep windows 10 pro on this x390 yoga? Or should I update to the more demanding windows 11? Where this has only 8gb ram I'm worried about the functionality if I need more demanding things to be ran.

It depends a lot on your preferences. However, considering your X390 only has 8GB of RAM, I would suggest sticking with Windows 10.

Should be fine, but it will depend on the complexity of your code.

The brightest screen for the T480 is the WQHD one. Its brightness is 300 nits.

@@benchmarks31 thanks for reply

@@user-xy1vk6xp7g innolux 400 nits

A485 can outperform the T480 in benchmarks, but it depends on the specific configuration. For example, the ThinkPad A485 with Ryzen 5 2500U has a Cinebench R23 score very close to the i5-8250U, but its RX Vega 8 iGPU scores about 104% higher in 3DMark Fire Strike. This means the A485 with R5 2500U will have better gaming performance than the T480 with i5-8250U and UHD 620.

The T480 will easily handle lighter games like Roblox or Minecraft

@@benchmarks31 thanks

@@benchmarks31 hey do you have any idea how much fps it does on roblox?

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