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The 520/420 is also easily upgradeable - in my T520 running Fedora, I have: - switched the i5 CPU for i7-2860QM, doupling thread count while mostly keeping per
by m4rtink 7y ago
The 520/420 is also easily upgradeable - in my T520 running Fedora, I have:
- switched the i5 CPU for i7-2860QM, doupling thread count while mostly keeping per thread performance
- maxed RAM to 16 GB
- put in SATA3 SSD to the 3.5 inch position
- put in a high capacity 3.5 inch spinning hard drive to ultrabay instead of DVD drive
- put in a small m2 SSD to the SATA2 m2 slot because why not
This is still my main computer, driving two full HD monitors from its docking station.
- chx 7y ago- you mean a SATA3 SSD to the 2.5 position - a high capacity 2.5 inch spinning hard drive in the ultrabay - an mSATA SSD in the mPCIe slot it's not m.2 I had a similar setup in my T420/T420s (I moved to the T420s when the first full HD boards didn't work well for the T420 and then came the sudden thaw in the keyboard winter, the ThinkPad 25).