ThinkPad T430

As an everyday laptop it's hard to recommend a T430. By modern standards, they are slow, heavy, and hot. The only reason I would consider buying one is if you have a particular use in mind it would be good for, or if you just want to tinker around with an old ThinkPad.

It really depends on what your needs are. Yes you are getting something that is good for what it is. However you need to know what you're going to use a device like this for. Based on your post, going to assume that you are a student and will be using this for both gaming and schoolwork. Firstly, yo

Those can still run quite hot, likely hotter than anything Lenovo put in the E430. I think it has less cooling capacity than the T430. Too much thermal paste isn't really an issue unless you don't have enough clamping force on it, the excess just squeezes out.

I've had 3 thinkpads die, all the "cheap" E models, They're all plastic construction so the feel way cheaper than they are, far too fle6when carry them around to inspire any confidence. Back in the days of the T430 they were like tanks but these days, just cos it has the ThinkPad logo doesn't mean a

Anything of that age is realistically too old to be a daily use system, even as a "linux Tinkering" system. I still have my x201 around, but that's moreso just for sentimental value - my oldest "Daily driveable" thinkpad is my w541. It's a 4th gen Intel i7 quad core, and even it's usability is somew