TPG 10 – Budget ThinkPads – A, R, G, Z, S, L

Ha, had to make the title a bit silly.
Mainstream budget models, that went with the T series. Z, C and 11e models will go to a different category.

A Series – Pentium III-M – T2x era

• Prices researched on 6/19/2025
• 2628 All
  • High price is from germany and another that is lot of two.
  • Mobo and bottom case assembly sold for low price.
  • Only EX+ boots to windows, all other for parts.
• A20m
  • Low doesn’t boot to OS, Mid price and others do.
  • High price seller linked, others didnt have items for sale available.
• A21m
  • Low & mid are bids, high BIN but EX+ with OS and refurbed.
• A22m
  • HP VICTUS in the results??? FUCK OFF! wait… a ryzen 7 8845HS with a 4060 for $781? nah prob overpriced.
• A21e
  • Both seem untested
• A22e
  • Only parts avail or sold. A lot od docks for sale in Germany
  • EX+ is TPG9
• iSeries 1800
  • Results for Lenovos… but not too many.

R Series

The R30 is similar to the A22e, but I believe it has a soldiered CPU
The R31 has a regular socketed Pentium III-M like the A2x and T2x machines
I might be wrong but I think the R32 is like a T30 clone, as it comes with a Pentium 4-M

Pentium III-M, 4M, & M

• A30
  • Seller doesn’t have anything avail but did also sell an A30p… so maybe a collector or refurbser? they had games installed on the laptops.
  • 2 units were A30p’s, also a lot of docks sold and various parts.
    • alexe-us2013 San Jose, CA USA
• A31
  • Parts and A21p in the mix
• R40e
  • Linked small seller, has bundles and multiples in working order.
    • laptopused Des Moines, IA USA
  • These systems come installed with a Celeron processor based on the Pentium 4-M
• R40
  • These system either come with a Pentium 4-M or the cooler running & better Pentium M.
  • I think these systems look similar to the T30

R5x Series – T4x Budget

R6x Series – T6x Budget

• R51e
  • Linked seller is mid price with Windows 10 installed, high price didnt come w/ OS. lmao
    • elcycle Paterson, NJ USA
• R61i
  • Looks like you can get an OG install of Windows XP or Vista.
  • Linked seller has a shitton of electronics for sale, laptops as is and parts as well.
    • PCPowerSupplies Las Vegas, NV USA

R Series – T4/5xx Budget

• R400
  • Mid price no OS, Low came w/ Win 7 and was the only auction, 1 bid.
  • EX+ from UK so shipping is $80 kek
• R61u
  • Evasive laptop….
• R500
  • Low price seller linked, ITAD w/o drive or charger.
    • Surplus Spectra Springfield, TN USA
  • Linked seller is high price, has installs of Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 10) on old machines and comes with a good battery.
    • cutiesecho Azusa, CA USA
• R500 Libre
  • Just added to TPG!
  • I’m surprised there aren’t more of these.
  • The smaller 12″ X Series still ask for a premium, T400 has been going down in price.

These are the final R Series, as Lenovo would drop it off in favor of the way cheaper, entry model E Series for a consumer base, the short lived SL and the slightly pricier L Series, aimed for small biz.

SL & L Series – Core 2 Duo, and Intel i3, i5, i7

• SL400
  • mostly car parts
• L412
  • Chance a low price will come with drive/OS.
  • EX+ are EU country prices (with shipping to USA), Germany & Greece.
• L420
  • Four units sold by JCS, one is the linked seller.
    • Toys N Games Arcade St. Louis, MO USA
• L440
  • Low price could come with OS

• SL500
  • Haftu Linked
    • Old Vintage Laptops USA
• SL510
  • EX+ is unreal… but I linked the seller lmao.
  • they got a few more items too. crazy two got sold
    • A1-IRCS-Showroom USA
• L510
  • Mostly parts, sold unit w/ OS and good battery.
• L512
  • Can come with OS or no drive at all, super cheap! Small seller linked
    • Hustability Orlando, FL USA
• L520
  • LOL these are cheaper than the L510, insane, small CA seller linked
    • tech_jason5 Richmond, Canada
• L530
  • 6 sold at low to mid… then 7th is high and 8th is EX+ due to shipping from Germany, seller linked
    • UsedTechDotNet Thoreau, NM USA
• L540
  • Prob gonna get a barebones machine for cheap (low price)

S Series – Sleek ThinkPad

All prices here are from TPG9 except the S431 Mid price.
These are pretty much the precursors to Lenovo’s new design that we see for the T440s and later machines, but just cheaper and in some cases, were not available in US markets. I’m speculating that there wasn’t Sx50 models due to conflicting machines. You had the Yoga line which was in 12″, 14″, 15.6″ formats, the W550s being a “mobile workstation”, and then you had the T450s and X1 Carbon, which the latter got a Yoga variant.

L Series – Soldered Processor

• L460
  • A few lot listings here, and T470’s oddly… Linked that seller for messing it up, but honestly its a decent price for it too.
    • OCDEPOT Garden Grove, CA USA
• L470 All
  • Crazy to see a seller with 3 fucking store locations on one profile.
    • e-CyclePro – Multi… Lecanto, FL, – – Louisville, KY – – Portland, OR USA
• L470 Skylake
  • EX+ from Austrailia, seller linked
    • Australian Computer Traders Murarrie, Austrailia
• L470 Kaby Lake
  • Yeah its strangely cheaper than Skylake models

• L560
  • Mid with OS hopefully
• L570 Skylake
  • Low price seller linked, idk what is a “high price’
    • PrimeTimeBuys Norwalk, CT USA
• L570 Kabs
  • EX+ is overpriced due to outside the USA. not linking
• L580
  • some can be new, lot units fuck up price
• L590
  • lmao idk

T Series, but put an AMD Processor innit

These were the precursor to the AMD version of the T14, heck I think the T495 was a test to see if it the naming scheme would do good. The E Series had AMD processors for a long time, and they did the same numbering scheme, just throw a 5 on the end instead of a 0. This isn’t really the successor to the A series, arguably the Z Series would be, as it was the “Multimedia” ThinkPad, but no three spindle because floppy was just about obsolete…

I got a bit lazy here 🙂 Hope y’all don’t mind

Z Series – Pentium & Core 2 Duo Era

• Z60t
  • Low price had a magnesium lid
• Z61t
  • TPG 9 Prices, no units sold
• Z61m
  • Small seller with niche stuff linked
    • simron_tech_repair Greensboro, MI USA
• Z61e
  • T1300 CPU…. So fucking slow

Z Series – 16:10 Ultrabook ThinkPad with no touchpad…

I wonder how these things are. Both systems have AMD processors, the bigger one has a dGPU, and they have a “notch” webcam. These do not have a TrackPoint!!! The little nub is gone. I think this is a more cheaper X1 Carbon alternative geared towards the prosumer.

Workstation Variants

• A20p
  • Based seller asking nothing for a low price but it doesn’t boot (blink of death issue?)
    • Jeremiah’s Computer Store LLC Rochester, NY USA
  • EX+ is TPG9 pricing
• A21p
  • Sold unit boots to bios, but has red CCFL and missing its bezel… that said its not too bad!
    • quebecerecycle Trois-Rivieres, Canada
  • EX+ is TPG 9 Price
• A22p
  • Best offer taken, so price is guessed from $175 + s/h
• A30p
  • Niche seller linked from Greece, they use comic sans in description tho.
    • sginis123 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, Greece
• A31p
  • high price is from TPG 9
• G40
  • Im selling the fucking junkers I have, holy shit…
  • also some seller is asking $350 on avial listings…
  • linked a seller who has some old stuff, mid/high price
    • cckbgood Detroit, MI USA
• G41
  • TPG 9 is Low & EX+, had to add them in.
  • TPG 10 prices are mid and high
  • Both units untested, but buying this power cable can be a PITA, especially since you may not come across another fucking G4x again.
• R50p
  • Elusive again, no sales or availability.
• G50
  • Only the meh Lenovo G50-70 or whatever the fuck is sold., nothing on the JP Yahoo auctions
• Z61p
  • linked the seller (high price) bc they took good photos, no they dont sell much.
    • (xip) North Richland Hills, TX USA
  • Mid and EX+ are from TPG 9

I have an A31p 2654-4MU & an A21p 2629-H2U, first one was bought from eBay from a TP enthusiast, and the 2nd I had saved from when I used to work e-Waste. The A3x systems have a 15″ chassis as standard, but the A2x systems use the 14″ frame, so the accommodated by the palmrest having a V shape similar to the 770 series if it had the optional display. It just looks funky, Dell did something similar with their first 15″ machine, they just had made the fucking LCD bezel deeper to fit flush with the bottom case.

Thats all the machines, let me know if there’s something peculiar about it

Oh yeah, no E Series because, fuck em!