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Cheap, Fast, Battery Life, Processor and HDD swap possible


hayden55

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I have a y510p that I've basically converted into my desktop and I would like to quit carrying it around. It has a 4900mq, soon to be external amd 480, etc... a nice little setup and I'd like it to stay in one spot since it's worth quite a lot to me at this point and I love being able to dual screen easily on my desk and have everything going.
So with this said, does anybody know of a laptop I could buy for cheap with a crappy hard drive and processor and swap in new stuff and use my free windows 10 license from school? I like the multi-threaded processors with about 8gb of ram for some of the programs we use for school in engineering as well.
I'd honestly kind of like a thinkpad?
Any input appreciated. Thanks!

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Try a 14"-15" Dell E6430/E6440-E6530/E6540.  E6x30=3rd gen i-core, E6x40=4th gen i-core. Consider:

 

- all have socketted upgradeable CPUs, docking station and 6/9-cell battery options

- E6430/E6530 with expresscard slot, optional on E6440/E6540

- E6430/E6440 with 1600x900 LCD option

- newer E6440 systemboard has eDP FHD LCD option

- E6430/E6530 with NVS4200M/NVS5200M dGPU option. BIOS setting for dGPU or iGPU+dGPU Optimus.

- E6440/E6540 with HD8690M/HD8790M iGPU+dGPU switchable graphics
- E6440/E6540 with mSATA slot

- E6540 has FHD LCD and HD8790M dGPU option, which is ~GT750M performance though note thermal throtting issue when run CPU+dGPU at full load

- all can be extensively modifed via UEFI variables (CPU/iGPU/RAM overclocking and RAID-0/1) per https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/7574-14-dell-latitude-e6430-performance-upgrades-and-system-mods/ and https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/6438-guide-dell-e6530-cpu-tdpmulti-unlocking/ .


If you are running a x1 2.0 mPCIe2 eGPU on your Y510P then you may consider a E6530/E6540 as a functional replacement for it. Comparatively, same-gen Thinkpads not offering this level of performance or flexibility, often even whitelisting their mPCIe slots.

 

You can still upgrade to Win10 from Win7/8 for free:  http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/1/12340318/microsoft-windows-10-free-upgrade-still-available

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9 hours ago, Tech Inferno Fan said:

If you are running a x1 2.0 mPCIe2 eGPU on your Y510P then you may consider a E6530/E6540 as a functional replacement for it. Comparatively, same-gen Thinkpads not offering this level of performance or flexibility, often even whitelisting their mPCIe slots.

 

I'm running the ultra bay slot (3.0 x8)

 

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