ThinkPad P52

Yeah for sure! On background, the reason I keep mentioning Dells is because, especially if you're looking at used machines, they tend to be a little bit of a better deal. Dell's new store is also slightly easier to navigate and their pricing is clearer, I personally find. This becomes truer the newe

Well that is a shame, because for me there was an opportunity to purchase a Dell Precision 3530 with a Core i7-8750H with a good BIOS (you need to hunt those that have an old BIOS that let you undervolt), 32GB RAM and a Quadro P600 4GB for just $200. $250 if we count buying an aftermarket 92Wh batte

Battery and temps are unfortunately not the strongest suit of these machines, but provided you aren’t pushing them too hard and find a balanced power/cooling setting it should be fine.. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-P52-i7-P1000-FHD-Workstation-Review.322974.0.html https://www.notebo

I bought a used ThinkPad P52 for $700 for its workstation specs but you can get T models for much lower. I bought "Certified Refurbished" through Amazon, but Ebay has a similar program so you actually get a return policy if something doesn't work. If you get a model that you see many of them online,

Personally, I'd look for a good cheap ThinkPad on Facebook Marketplace. Companies are cycling them out all the time. Last year I bought a used ThinkPad P52 for $400 (8th gen i7, 8 cores 12 threads, an Nvidia graphics card, and 32 GB RAM, SSD and HDD included). Got through the ladder half of CST no p

Look instead for an L14 or L15 Gen 1 with an AMD processor, at the very least. It's a lot faster and more power efficient (although the battery in the L series is small). 8th gen Intel is just too old and inefficient even with the undervolt - and Ryzen 4000 series can be undervolted as well. Other p