Lenovo ThinkPad X230 as only PC in 2022!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2022
- Todays video is me using the legendary X230 as my only device for one week in 2022!
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Specs:
Core i5 3320M
16gb Hyper-X ddr3 2133mhz
240gb Samsung Pro EVO SSD
Exp Beast Dock v8.4
RX 480 8gb XFX Black Edition
WWAN Ericsson W5321 21mb/s mobile broadband
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I'm even more fascinated by your multiple talents than by the venerable X230, Dave: You're an author, multi-instrumentalist, master of using budget hardware to its fullest potential, and...tea drinker :-) Oh, and Polyphia is indeed a great band: th-cam.com/video/CXBC5mg9tRA/w-d-xo.html
Colour me charmed!!
Well thank you so much!
I'm a man of many talents, however unprofitable they have been historically, and despite the faux-arrogant response, I am genuinely chuffed at ur lovely comment!
*genuinely flattered noises *
Kudos also for adding the saxophone and clarinet to your playing portfolio :-)
@@TechDave He's right bro, your channel is interesting, love seeing hardware being used to its maximum potential too. I'm also surrounded by tech here too :D, they just pile on ahahahhaha.
I have an x230 I’ve used since 2012 this laptop is still capable of keeping up with todays laptops, I’m so surprised ibm was way ahead of its time on this one
I've been using an x230 for my daily-driver for the past year, and I see no signs of stopping anytime soon.
I have a T430 docked at home on the office desk (with external display, and a 2011 27" iMac coupled with Synergy kvm software), and an x230 I carry at work. I often VPN into the home office from job-sites to interface with the t430 and my NAS. When I come home, I sit down in front of the docked t430 with a track-ball and mechanical keyboard. I love it. I bought the t430 as an upgrade project at the start of the pandemic, and got the x230 for a more travel-friendly alternative when I went back to work in August 2020. This has been my daily-driving setup ever since.
Love it!
I'm intending to keep using the x230 in a very similar way, so light and compact that I pretty much keep it on me whenever I leave the house!
I used my own t430 docked with 6 cell battery ( lasts about 1 hour) for music production/ recording, and then I've got a 9 cell for it if I need to go off site for music too!
I've used Synergy kvm before, great software, if ur Windows "mouse without borders" is another great alternative(although not usable for mac obvs, so not sure if that relevant info lol)
I didn’t expect you to actually make your own music, for your videos got to say very talented.
Sincere thanks, that's very kind x
Dave, I'm very much looking forward to watching your X230 update! Your videos were a deciding factor for me to get a X230 and while in my case it wasn't exactly a steal (I bought it for € 170*), I'm VERY happy with this workhorse of a machine which is full of nice design details. I'm running Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 and I'll soon switch an SSD for its current 320GB HDD :-) /// *The laptop is in very good condition and has a 9-cell battery.
Oh my! I'm very pleased to hear that!!
The SSD upgrade makes a HUGE difference, I think u will be very pleased! €170 isn't a bad price if its in good condition. They can go for up to £300 on ebay, as they retain their value well as they are such solid devices
You shud try an eGPU & 16gb of ram too if u can afford too!
Use to use an X230 to run my live music rig too! Virtual guitar amp, tracks, live keys, live autotune, etc
badass!
I bought the x220 palm rest and keyboard today so look out for the video in rough a week and a half
It's a great modification, recently installed it myself. Even though I like the x230 keyboard, nothing can beat the look of a x220 palmrest and keyboard combo
@@justvasili3483 nice! I'm looking forward to doing it, I used to have an x200, and the keyboard feel was second to none!
How was the process of clipping the keyboard to fit etc? That's the bit that concerned about tbh
@@TechDave If you bought the palmrest as well as the keyboard you don't need to trim anything, you just have to attach the keyboard and plamrest simultaneously. All the screws fit properly except one of the ones in the middle, which is a little funky to get in, but also somewhat fits. If you haven't checked out the thinkwiki there's a detailed explanation there.
@@justvasili3483 ahh sick, ye I bought them as one unit/ together this is awesome news! I'll check out thinkwiki as well, thanks 😊
Hi Dave, I've just got one of these today and plan to use it for audio production. Can I ask what FireWire card you used? I've an old Focusrite interface I'd like to use with it.
i use an alesis 8 channel firewrie & a project mix/io but u'll need a firewire to expresscard adaptor, and they can be quite pricey. £60+ on uk ebay
i can double check the exact mdoels/mdoel numbers for u if u like (of the soundcards)
as long as uve got the expresscard adaptor (and a compatible OS eg: win10 or below) u shud be golden, but mileage may vary depending on driver support for ur focusrite
Edit: see link below!
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Thanks a lot Dave for the quick response. I did have a quick look at seen that there were issues with the Focusrite interfaces so I will see how I get on. It's a really old Focusrite Saffire Pro 26 I/O so I'm not holding out much hope.@@TechDave
@bobbiejoe123 best of luck! I used Windows 7 drivers for both interfaces I use, so they may work *if* u can get them to install. Failing that, u cud even dual boot ur system with win7 and airgap the system?
If u do there's an offline update thing for win7 & for drivers I'd recommend snappy driver installer
It may even help u get the ur focus rite working, Lord knows its saved me a lot of searching before
Edit:
I've defo gotten strange devices working on win10 with snappy driver, a must have software/driver installer
I keep it on my ventoy (multiple OS installer usb) and it's a god send, especially when keeping systems offline
Dave how did it take me this long to find your channel.
Thanks for the love! Better late than never!!
i have t430 with i5 3320m and i want to add it an egpu. But i dont know what egpu that i will buy. i want to buy rx 580 but in reddit it says it will bottleneck. should i buy or not?
Hey! I actually saw ur reddit post: yes it will bottleneck the card, for a variety of reasons, however, it will still be a massive performance increase graphically as long as u use an external monitor. Have u looked into the exp beast dock v8.5 to connect it to ur t430?
You sound a little like Johnny Depp. Very soothing voice.
Thanks!
Bro get an rx 580 8 gb! You won't regret it. I used it for about 2 years without any issues. Can even run battlefield 4 on ultra at aroudn 100 fps. And its a cheap card too.
I wish I could afford it! My partner has that exact card (sapphire version ) and they are indeed great gpus
If anyone uses on hdd and not two ssds in a caddy,
Use the ssd in the uktrabay adapter, hdd in primary caddy. Not so relevant for x230 but new video
I'm curious as to ur reasoning behind this?
@@TechDave The main caddy just has more shock absorption I've kinda found out! Spinning disk is just delicate enough to pick up the difference. I use two ssds but a buddy of mine had a hufe hdd he uses as the second
Would you switch to Linux?
ive considered this many times, but for now there's just too much proprietary that i own on windows to make the full switch yet
Time will tell though!! I've got a couple of machines I've tried manjaro and mint on, and I really enjoyed i3wm on my x200. Perhaps when I've done the x220 keyboard swap i may Try it again!
Considering the performance boost, and all the benefits of running open software, it is very attractive to dive into Linux.
Also as time goes on and you get very used to the Windows workflow, it will be harder to make the switch, and it is even harder if you keep adding more proprietary software.
@@mt401_ agreed!
tbh, after ur comment one of the first things i did was put an ssd i had with Ubuntu 20 on it in my x230, installed i3 and am currently learning the shortcuts & *thoroughly* enjoying myself!
i will still keep WIn10 on my main laptop (thinkpad p51 w/ eGPU, same gpu featured in this video) as i need to use the adobe suite & Ableton 11, but for now my x230 is currently now running Linux.
any distro best suited to i3 that isn't gigachad arch? sincere question! needs to be stable and have long term support. thinking of manjaro & PopOS as ive been meaning to try them both at some point
@@mt401_ perhaps i may even make a "noobs first linux deep dive" video in the future, would defo have lots of stuff to talk about as i explore. i'll add it to my video ideas list, perhaps it will come to fruition!
Make it x330 and it really is. But if you’re not using a qwhd display what are you doing!
Being too poor to buy anymore parts!! Lol
@@TechDave Haha I write that but my x230 has been sitting stock for months with the same reason!