Lenovo ThinkPad T430: CPU Upgrade 

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Ernesto Espinoza very happy with it for the price I paid, also pleasantly surprised it came with the 1600x900 screen :)

Does it everleak out

@@jaymesc4436 mine didn't, but you have to be very careful with the amount you use! Less is more and it's a good idea to put some form of insulation on caps and other exposed components in the cpu's PCB

It runs cool at 55-65 Celcius when idle. TDP is 45W. The fan almost completely silent in light task. i7 quad on T420 always thermal throttled at 97 Celcius and then it gradually reduced the speed before stable at 2.3Ghz. all cores at 85 Celcus.

where to buy the processor?

i also have t420 and i want to upgrade

@@pratiklondhe5167 ebay

except the i7-7600 has a hardware vp9 decoder, and sandy bridge cpus don't. something to keep in mind if you're watching youtube.

If I get ahold of one then I will definitely be making a video about it. Eyeing up a W520 that's on Craigslist but I'm not sure if I'll get it.

As I’ve probably said in the comments in that video, 1080p is too high of a resolution for that small of a screen to me. Yes Windows 10 has scaling but it still wouldn’t look right. For now I am more than satisfied with the current IPS upgrade. I am eying up doing the IPS mod to the X200/X201. Best of luck with your X230T upgrades and thanks for subscribing!

Thanks bro!

Hey. Whats your situation with a X230T???? Are you happy??

Across the board I did not notice a significant increase in fan noise.

T440p takes 1080p screens out of the box, the T430 needs an upgrade kit to be able to accept 1080p screens (but I did this with mine and it was well worth it).

Yes.

X230 is definitely a sleeker and more portable machine, but the T430 has more upgrades available and is just more versatile (typing from mine now). Which one is better for you would depend on your planned uses. I've thought about doing a video of some sort on one of those Macs but haven't found anything interesting enough to talk about.

The stock heatsink should be fine as long as you aren't putting a super hot processor in.

The T410 will not accept more than 8 GB of RAM. The T420 and later will take 16. Processing power has more of an effect on battery life than RAM, that’s why Ultrabook laptops can last for 10-20 hours while a full power mobile workstation can only be used for a few hours under heavy load. If you don’t have the 9-cell battery (the pack sticks out the back), I highly recommend it because it increases the battery life and doubles as a handy grip when you’re using the laptop.

Thanks for the reply. And thanks for the reminder about the 8 GB maximum. I did run the Crucial system analyzer on it but I had forgot that fact. Knowing almost nothing about computer systems, I had just assumed that decreasing paging would improve speed and battery life. I have noticed that Intel advertises a lot about more power-efficient CPUs but I didn't realize how important that was to battery life versus the amount of RAM the system is running. Oh, and by the way, I just bought a T440 P. Yes, I love that thing. They're built like a tank and as you've shown, the internals are very accessible for upgrading. I'll be looking for much more content from you, and searching your archives, for everything about changing the back cover, palm rest, screens, SSD…, Etc., Etc. Keep that excellent content coming!

It's on my to-do list, unfortunately everything that's been going on lately has put me a little bit behind schedule.

Ivyrain?

eBay.

I upgraded my T430 w/ 2 core i7 to a i7-3632QM 4 core, 8 logic processors, and found my Thinkpad runs noticeably cooler than before, using the stock original fan/heatsink. Works for me.

Not really. Get an average of 3-5 hours with a 9-cell battery.

I usually don’t go above 1080p, because, well, the T430’s highest resolution screen isn’t even 1080p so there’s no reason to waste system resources decoding a video it can’t even display at full size.

Overheating shouldn’t be a problem if you use good thermal paste. Will it run hotter than the stock i5? Probably, but will it overheat or thermal throttle, probably not.

cg sather I have a 3740qm 45w chip in my t530 with integrated video heatsink. Seems ok but haven't run benchmarks. I've gamed w it on expresscard egpu and pushed the CPU sometimes but never felt heat.

Meissnerflux I installed a i7-3740qm like yours, I also have a dGPU NVS5400. I’m using my laptop for 3d modeling and rendering, now the cpu temps in the nineties when rendering with cpu at 100%, speed stays at 3.5hz. A couple times it went over 102C, with thermal throttling results. I think I did the thermal paste right, used Arctic 4. I have Intel XTU installed, doesn’t seem to do much. Any suggestions on lowering temps without losing performance? Install fan mgmt software? XTU won’t let me undervolt. Also, now my dGPU is the weak link and I’d like to do the eGPU. How did you do yours? GDC EXP to express card? Any tips?

Planning on doing a video about that sometime in the near future.

T440p is definitely easier to upgrade and performs better on the surface. You can upgrade the display to a FHD IPS if it wasn't configured with that from the factory. T430 has the classic keyboard as an option, can use an external GPU and has the ExpressCard slot for expandability, it has the ThinkLight, hot-swappable UltraBay, and the more classic design.

the X30 series takes sandy bridge and ivy bridge cpus, sandy is a year older and runs hotter, but isn't horrible. The 3612 & 3620 are suggested for the T430 because they have a lower tdp than the other 4 core options for that socket. All sandy bridge 4 core cpus are of the higher tdp and will not play nice with the stock cooling in the T430, but the 15 inch W530 and T530 will have appropriate cooling, but at that point they probably already came with an ivy bridge that out performs whatever sandy bridge cpu you may throw in there.

Haven’t taken a close look but the laptop has never gotten uncomfortably hot even around the processor and cooling system, so I’d say it’s well within reason.

There is an adapter kit you will have to buy for an IPS display to work. More can be found on the ThinkWiki article "Replacing T430 screen with a better one".

That price is about what those are going for at the moment. With the 3612QM you shouldn’t *have* to upgrade your heatsink, since it is still a 35W CPU.

Honestly at this point it is a crapshoot. You can probably still find used/refurbished/new old stock genuine Lenovo batteries around; these will probably be the best option. If not I *would* try to recommend a certain aftermarket manufacturer over another but the vendors and brands of those batteries seem to change all of the time.

I actually just got my hands on the T530 and am planning on swapping the 3612QM from my T430 into this. I may hold off a bit on doing this, as the T530 and W530 share the same chassis so I may just swap in the motherboard and heatsink of a W530 for the better graphics performance and higher maximum RAM.

The standard fan would be fine, but you can get the dedicated GPU cooling assembly to keep things a little cooler.

i7-3632QM.

No, the T430s uses soldered processors.

Availability of the processor is never consistent with any given seller, so for me it’s easier for the buyer to look up the processor on eBay rather than send a link, usually by the time anyone sees the link that seller is no longer offering it for sale. But if you need to know, the processor I put in is a 3612QM.

Stock one worked fine for me.

Haven't really been able to do a thorough test of that, but it still lasts several hours doing normal tasks so the only time battery life is heavily affected is probably when it is under a full load.

Quite good I guess. But, as I discovered, there are quite a number of screws you have to remove before the top will come off that are not mentioned at all in the video.

I thought I had mentioned it, however I might have edited it out because some of my instructions were redundant. I’ll have to look back through the video and see.

With my mixed-use (web browsing, watching video, etc) I manage to get around 3-5 hours with the 9-cell battery. Your mileage may vary.

90W worked fine with mine. I didn't have to use a better heatsink.

@@SebisRandomTech Fewf, good to know!

@@SebisRandomTech Out of curiosity, which fan model did you use?

@@michaellk2254 To be completely honest I don't remember. In my experience there isn't enough of a difference between models for it to really matter.

The CPU spec sheet tells you what its TDP (35W, 45W, etc) is. The best ways to keep it cool are high quality thermal paste and good application of said paste, and adjusting the fan curve using something like TPfancontrol to make the fans run faster, getting more air moved.

I used a 3612QM, it and the 3632QM are only 35W chips so they don't get as hot.

Have you hand any issues with over heating? I'm thinking i might want to go with a 45 watt instead of a 35 watt

@@ethanrosenbaum3186 In my humble opinion, stick with the 35 watt for solid reliability and longevity.

I bought mine used off of eBay.

In fact here's an i7 going for around $90 right now: www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-3612QM-Processor-6M-Cache-2-10-GHz-rPGA-SR0MQ/192548384497?epid=1001476063

It might be able to run, but it might not be playable. If you use an external graphics card with this then it could be doable.

Depends on what sort of eGPU you plan on using. I recommend the 3612 or 3632QM processors, since most of the other quad core options will run hotter than what the T430 was designed for. The older hardware of this system will be a bottleneck for modern GPUs.

No. The T430s uses soldered processors.

04W3269 and 04W3270 for the dedicated GPU, 04W3267 and 04W3268 for the integrated GPU heatsink.

Huge fan of him, always get excited when a video of his is in my Subscriptions feed!

A modded X220? Go on...

@@SebisRandomTech Thanks for the replay. They replace the stock CPU with the i7-3612qm. Additionally i'll get also a FHD 13' Screen.

You will need a higher wattage charger. 65-90 W, or 90-135W

@@SebisRandomTech I thought the same and ordered already one from Amazon with 90W. But what bothered me is that I nowhere read about that. And that makes my PSU with 60W useless now. Anyway, many thanks for the advise. I have doubts if it is really necessary to update the bios. My genuine battery supported the core i5 for more than 6h. Now I am thinking about the 9 cell battery slice that would extend the battery time again. But I am really worried to brick the bios with the hack from your other video. Can you point out which is the flash chip on the Mainboard, that I can dump with an external programmer? As far as I remember there were two.

@ChAnTi I’m not too familiar with the T430’s motherboard, or with flashing directly to the chips/dumping from them.

@@SebisRandomTech received my new 90w charger and works for chaging and laptop at the same time. *thumbs up*

Like I said in the video, the heat sink is the one meant for T430's with a dedicated GPU. Even though my model doesn't have the GPU, using the GPU heat sink can help keep temps down a little better than the stock cooler. The regular heat sink will do fine though, and as far as I know the CPU won't overheat even with that.

Thanks for your reply. I look forward to upgrading my T430. I'm going to max out the RAM and install a SSD. I'm thinking about upgrading the screen to.

The i5 to the i7 that Lenovo originally shipped is not a huge upgrade, as it is still a dual core CPU. The i7 I put in is a much faster quad-core, so there’s a much larger difference in performance between it and the original i5.

Btw, this is the T430 shown in this video too, so I’m not sure what you meant by “the next model”. I talk about the -s and X series ThinkPads using soldered CPUs in some of my other videos.

Yes. Fairly easy mod to do.

I can't say I've seen any issues with it.

@@SebisRandomTech Thanks man! Love your channel!

eBay.

Hard to say, this was almost 2 years ago.

Nope, the T430s uses soldered processors.

Stick in a T420 keyboard.

The dGPU cooling assembly.

El procesador si pero el motherboard en la T430 solo soporta como maximo 16GB

I don't *think* you would have to patch the BIOS. A dual pipe heatsink should help with preventing things from overheating.

@@SebisRandomTech Thanks!!

No, the T430s has soldered processors.

Awesome! I hope it works well for you.

Every once in a while one will come up from within the U.S. I recently acquired one that way. Look out for both the 3612QM featured in this video, and the 3632QM. There are also some faster ones that will work as long as you keep a close eye on the thermals.

@@SebisRandomTech thanks for the reply, i just ordered one on ebay from china, have you heard anything about these processors? maybe there bootlegs

@@CrazyJames As far as I know they're legitimate. If they aren't and you used eBay it should be easy to have your money refunded.

That goes over the processor.

Sebi's Random Tech i know the fan goes out it i know. Theres a little square piece off the side of the fan im guessing thats the heat sink?? It had thermal paste on there too when i took it off

@@thinkdifferent7469 Yes, that goes over the processor.

Yes, any Ivy Bridge mobile CPU.

They are the same socket.

Oh, thank you so much!

No.

I hope you will get the answer from Sebi. I use a T430 and it works well even in 2024. Today i ordered the i7-3612QM and 16gb of RAM. It only get better.

Typing this from mine right now ;)

I upgraded my laptop and it woks just fine 🙂

It will work but won't be a massive upgrade over the i5. The T440p is a nice laptop as well.

@@SebisRandomTech yea i like it i just hate the track pad and i know you swap it out for a different one, but I really dont want to go through that work. I do like the t430 though i like that black look. it feels like you could bash someone in the head and then post online with it lol

It was either the 04W3269 (Toshiba) or the 04W3270 (Delta). It was the discrete GPU heatsink (despite my system not having descrete graphics) to allow for presumably better cooling. In my current system I just have the standard integrated heatsink and it still cools just fine.

Thanks!

I don't remember the exact temperatures but it never got uncomfortably hot.

3632QM would probably be best because it runs cooler.

Is it an old or aftermarket battery?

Sebi's Random Tech No its a original lenovo battery with 3-4 hours battery life

Is Lenovo Power Manager installed?

Sebi's Random Tech Driver or software? Can u send the link please

Ok i installed it. But atill doesn't charge if the laptop is on.

Actually the Unicomp Classic 104 :)

@@SebisRandomTech ah the big guy. I have the white spacesaver but don't really use it much. And of course... a T430 that I am now looking at upgrading with a 35W i7 thanks to all this info. I remember my college days (computer engineer BS/MS here) and the 430 line was new when I entered grad school. Sure was a big deal then and I drooled over it, but no one drooled more over a ThinkPad at that time than the original X1 Carbon, even if it wasn't very future proof. Just a beautiful machine. Anyway, I digress. Maybe a T480 someday for me is next...

@@metal571 I do agree that the original X1 Carbon is a very nice machine, even if it's a little lacking in upgrades. It's built well, feels nice to use, and still has that "ThinkPad" feel to it.

@@SebisRandomTech I might be a little biased. At one point for a couple of years I was part of a Lenovo internal group called the Lenovo Insiders where we were basically promoters. Unfortunately when they started getting us to push Yoga and IdeaPad stuff I totally lost interest, but it was a fun group to hang out with with a lot of Think line fans there too. Here's to hoping they offer some more models in the future with fully socketed RAM and those Ryzen chips. Was looking at T14 with the AMD option for a wild 8C/16T powerhouse but the drawbacks vs T480 are annoying.

@@metal571 I'll be sticking to my T430 for the foreseeable future. Bringing back a socketed graphics card on the P15 and P17 is promising, but they also cheapened the design a little and got rid of dedicated touchpad buttons (trackpoint buttons are still there).

Did it increases your system speed... I'm also want to upgrade my T430 from i5 3rd generation to i7 as i have much to deal with Graphics and rendering stuff... Did this upgrade helps me?

I5 is a core 2 duo , I7 3740 qm , 4 cores , i saw better performance in Cinebench 15 . Test your CPU whith it and compare whith I7 results . Rendering is best . I think really that this upgrade help you in your job

@@patrickcremmer8989 Where did u buy ?

@NYCfactor Hi , if you haven't an nvidia gpu ( nvs 5400M) , temps are very good 109°F in idle in a room at 68°F . If you have an nvidia , temp is 140° idle in same room ( no good ) . I know because i have 2 motherboards . 1 whith GPU and other just HD 4000

@NYCfactor never problems whith heat . Heat when i use the motherboard whith nvidia nvs 5400m .

I have a egpu hooked to my x230 through expresscard.

@Somali Navy now I have a razer blade, so I don't use that setup anymore. But I used to play Witcher 3 on High 50fps on a ultrawide monitor. Thinkpad x230 + GTX 1060 gpu. So no, not CSGO. Anything, really.

@Somali Navy It's acutally crazy that it can do that, but it can. It's crazy.

@Somali Navy yeah, but it works

I'm curious how big the bottleneck is with the single PCIe lane in expresscard.