ThinkCentre CPU choice

• Introduction
• 1. Officially Supported CPUs
• 2. Unofficial working CPUs

Introduction

This guide will explore more possible CPU configurations.

1. Officially Supported CPUs

• Intel Core i3-9100T (4 Core/ 6 MB/ 4T/ up to 3.7GHz)
• Intel Core i3-9300T (4 Core/ 8 MB/ 4T/ up to 3.8GHz)
• Intel Core i5-9400T (6 Core/ 9 MB/ 6T/ up to 3.4GHz)
• Intel Core i5-9500T (6 Core/ 9 MB/ 6T/ up to 3.7GHz)
• Intel Core i5-9600T (6 Core/ 9 MB/ 6T/ up to 3.9GHz)
• Intel Core i7-9700T (8 Core/ 12 MB/ 8T/ up to 4.3GHz)
• Intel Core i9-9900T (8 Core/ 16 MB/ 16T/ up to 4.4GHz)
• Intel Core i3-8100T (4 Cores/ 6 MB/ 4T/ up to 3.1GHz)
• Intel Core i3-8300T (4 Cores/ 8 MB/ 4T/ up to 3.2GHz)
• Intel Core i5-8400T (6 Cores/ 9 MB/ 6T/ up to 3.3GHz)
• Intel Core i5-8500T (6 Cores/ 9 MB/ 6T/ up to 3.5GHz)
• Intel Core i5-8600T (6 Cores/ 9 MB/ 6T/ up to 3.7GHz)
• Intel Core i7-8700T (6 Cores/ 12 MB/ 12T/ up to 4.0GHz)
• Intel Celeron G4900T (2 Cores/ 2MB/ 2T/ up to 2.9GHz)
• Intel Celeron G4930T (2 Cores/ 2MB/ 2T/ up to 3.0GHz)
• Intel Pentium Gold G5400T (2 Cores/ 4MB/ 4T/ up to 3.1GHz)
• Intel Pentium Gold G5420T (2 Cores/ 4MB/ 4T/ up to 3.2GHz)
• Intel Pentium Gold G5500T (2 Cores/ 4MB/ 4T/ up to 3.2GHz)
• Intel Pentium Gold G5600T (2 Cores/ 4MB/ 4T/ up to 3.3GHz)

The two Celeron SKUs, along with the Pentium Gold G5400T/ G5420T support only the Intel UHD 610 graphics while the other SKUs support UHD 630.

2. Unofficial working CPUs

• Intel CC150

This CPU is basically a rebranded i9 i9900 without boost, its locked at 3.5 GHz. Since its so cheap to get this is my preferred choice. It does NOT have integrated graphics. So for BIOS and GUI you need a dedicated GPU

Benchmark 7zz b:

1T CPU Freq (MHz):  3483  3486  3485  3486  3485  3486  3486
8T CPU Freq (MHz): 793% 3472   799% 3481  

RAM size:   31967 MB,  # CPU hardware threads:  16
RAM usage:   3559 MB,  # Benchmark threads:     16

                       Compressing  |                  Decompressing
Dict     Speed Usage    R/U Rating  |      Speed Usage    R/U Rating
         KiB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS  |      KiB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS

22:      51005  1265   3923  49618  |     492776  1588   2645  42019
23:      51539  1411   3722  52513  |     487683  1588   2656  42188
24:      48704  1397   3750  52367  |     481717  1589   2661  42267
25:      48175  1448   3799  55005  |     474093  1586   2660  42180
----------------------------------  | ------------------------------
Avr:     49856  1380   3798  52376  |     484068  1588   2655  42164
Tot:            1484   3227  47270