Thanks Scott, You're right, and another 1.5% kickback from FatWallet (or 1.0% from eBates) for shopping at Newegg.
I stopped hunting when it was cheaper direct from Kingston than from Lenovo, that proved your point which was what I needed at that moment. :) Crucial's direct price on that is $42, is there any reason to think Kingston's $67 RAM is better than Crucial's $42? And Kingston's $41 ValueRAM (KVR1333D3S9/4G) vs. Crucial's $42? Thanks again! -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] Friday, June 17, 2011, 11:54:36 AM, you wrote: > hm, seems you could get it for $36: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=4GB+PC3-10600+DDR3+1333++laptop&x=0&y=0 > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Andrew Webber <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, >> >> Friday, June 17, 2011, 10:16:03 AM, you wrote: >> >>> * Buying RAM and hard drive is always cheaper by going 3rd party and >>> that for almost if not all manufacturers. Apple is the same as is >>> Dell. This is one of their way of screwing customers :( Get the >>> minimum and replace as soon as you get your machine. >> >> Sure, make it up on the add-ons. For the RAM, it's easy, Kingston's >> price for KTL-TP3B/4G (4GB 1333MHz Module for the X220) is $67@ and >> that's for the name-brand version without shopping around. Lenovo is >> $80. >> >> For the HD, it's a little less cut-and-dried, the X220 comes with >> 250Gb/5400rpm and it seems to be 2.5". Upgrade to 320/5400 is $30, to >> 320/7200 is $70. It was harder to find alternatives because no one >> seems to have a "tell me your machine and I'll find you a hard drive" >> they way they do with RAM. But using newegg.com, the cheapest >> 320/5400/2.5" is $42 (Hitachi Z5K320). Cheapest 3200/7200/2.5" is $55 >> (Seagate ST9320423AS). So yeah I can see it's cheaper to buy 3rd-party >> for the 7200rpm anyway. >> >> To complete the picture, 128GB SSD is +$350, Intel 160GB is +$430. >> Cheapest on newegg.com are $210 (Samsung) and $308 (Intel), >> respectively. There's actually a $188 128GB by Wintec but it's rated >> 1/5 by the customers. >> >> I don't know (and it seems really hard to find) what the Lenovo units' >> specs/models are so I just took the cheapest on (US) Newegg.com and >> the upgrade prices from Lenovo (Canada) configurator. >> >> It seems almost impossible to buy just the Intel 2x2 wireless adapter >> from a third party, though. Newegg seems to list it (but out of stock) >> but it's about $35 (vs. $20 from Lenovo). Does that make sense. >> >> >>> * About nVidia graphics, if I understood well, you can on some models, >>> dynamically switch from Intel to Nvidia and vice versa which means >>> that on a power consumption point of view, you lose nothing by >>> choosing nvidia if you do not use it much. Budget though is a >>> different issue. >> >> It's becoming a graphic world, that's for sure. As it turns out, >> Nvidia is not an option on X220, only on T420s. Though I hadn't ruled >> out the latter when I posted last night, I'm really thinking of an >> X220 now and seing how it turns out. >> >> I'll get it with the upgrades that seem to make sense from Lenovo, >> i.e. webcam, Bluetooth, IPS, Intel 6205, and very expensive USB 3.0 >> (since I have to take i7 to get it), and stick with 2GB RAM and 250GB >> HD as you and others have cleverly suggested. >> >> Unless it's easy and cheap to get some of those things later too. >> >> Thanks again! >> >> >> -- >> Andrew mailto:[email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
