The FINAL Upgrade For My 10 Year Old Thinkpad T430

aChair Leg • February 5, 2023

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I make weird videos about budget and used tech since all the big boy tech youtubers forgot what it's like to be poor with their three houses and Porsche's. Ampere? Raptor Cove? We're still rocking Pascal and Zen 3 for a third of the price! Oh and some people like my voice sometimes.

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Today I finally go ahead and see if there's anymore performance I can squeeze out of our Thinkpad T430 by adding an external GPU with a special adapter. Some of the following product links are affiliate links for which I may be compensated. Make your own T430 Gamer setup (affiliate) T430 - Ebay - https://ebay.us/YhSMHR T430 - Amazon - https://amzn.to/3DE8sPk (insanely overpriced) Express card to PCIE adaptor - https://ebay.us/FWOx0o GTX 1650 - https://amzn.to/3YkRVIp R9 280 - https://ebay.us/vuRmDU Dell power adaptor - https://ebay.us/DsCqBQ Sony A7s ii - https://ebay.us/SEfvwa Godox SL-60w - https://amzn.to/3X6JX47 Canon 50mm F2.5 Macro - https://ebay.us/G8ouDi Canon EF 28-70mm F2.8 - https://ebay.us/7UDmqQ

The FINAL Upgrade For My 10 Year Old Thinkpad T430

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