Lenovo ThinkCentre M70t Gen 3
Tower business desktop on the Intel Q670 chipset with 12th-gen Alder Lake Pentium Gold and Core i3/i5/i7/i9 processors, up to 128 GB DDR4-3200, three drive bays, and optional discrete NVIDIA or AMD graphics.
Memory
- Slots
- Four DDR4 DIMM slots, dual-channel capable
- Type
- DDR4-3200
- Max
- Up to 128 GB, based on Lenovo's tested memory
Storage
- Support
- Up to three drives: 1 × 2.5"/3.5" HDD + 1 × 2.5" HDD + 1 × M.2 SSD
- Capacities
- 2.5" HDD up to 1 TB each; 3.5" HDD up to 2 TB; M.2 SSD up to 2 TB
- Drive types
- 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD (SATA 6 Gb/s, 7.2K); M.2 2242 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD; M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD (Opal); M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD, performance or value (Opal 2.0)
- RAID
- RAID 0/1 support for HDDs (RAID preset only on special-bid models)
- Optical
- Slim 9.0 mm DVD-ROM or DVD±RW, or none
- Card reader
- Optional 3-in-1 card reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC), or none
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel UHD Graphics 710, 730 or 770 (by processor); onboard 2×DP 1.4 + 1×HDMI 2.1 + 1×optional Flex IO (VGA/DP/HDMI/USB-C)
- Discrete
- Optional Intel Iris Xe MAX 100 (2 GB LPDDR4X), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (8 GB GDDR6), AMD Radeon RX 6400 (4 GB GDDR6) or AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (4 GB GDDR6)
- Max resolution
- Onboard up to 4096×2304@60 Hz (DP); discrete up to 7680×4320@60/120 Hz depending on card
- Monitors
- Up to 4 independent displays via onboard ports (2×DP, 1×HDMI, 1×optional Flex IO); more with discrete graphics
Expansion
- PCIe
- One PCIe 4.0 x16 full-height (length ≤ 209 mm, height ≤ 117.5 mm); two PCIe 3.0 x1 full-height
- M.2
- Two M.2 slots (one for WLAN, one for SSD)
Networking
- Onboard Ethernet
- Gigabit Ethernet, Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- Optional Ethernet
- Gigabit Ethernet, Bitland BN8E88 or Bitland RTL8168H (1 × RJ-45, PCIe x1); or 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, Realtek RTL8125BGS (1 × RJ-45, PCIe x1); or none
- WLAN + Bluetooth
- Optional Realtek RTL8822CE Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac 2×2 + BT 5.0), Intel Wireless-AC 9560 Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac 2×2 + BT 5.1), Realtek Wi-Fi 6 RTL8852BE (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.3), Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.2) or Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.3, vPro support), M.2 card; or none
Power
- Supply
- 180 W (85%), 260 W (90%), 310 W (92%) or 380 W (92%) fixed, 100-240 V, 50-60 Hz
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (15 W charging), 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1 × headphone/microphone combo jack (3.5 mm), 1 × microphone (3.5 mm); optional card reader
- Rear
- 4 × USB 2.0, 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 2 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × Ethernet (RJ-45), 1 × line-out (3.5 mm)
- Optional rear
- 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 with DisplayPort + 5V@3A charging (Flex IO), 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS (Flex IO), 1 × DP 1.2 (Flex IO), 1 × VGA (Flex IO), 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (2-port USB expansion card, PCIe x1), 1 × parallel, 1 or 2 × serial, 4 × serial (4-port serial expansion card, PCIe x1), 2 × PS/2
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower, 13.6 L
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 145 × 296 × 346 mm (5.7 × 11.7 × 13.6 in)
- Weight
- Around 5.9 kg (13.0 lb)
- Case colour
- Black
- Bays
- 1 × 2.5" disk bay, 1 × 3.5" disk bay, 1 × slim ODD bay
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified); Kensington slot 3×7 mm; Padlock Loop; optional E-lock and Smart Cable Clip; optional chassis intrusion switch
Management
- Remote
- Intel vPro Enterprise, Intel vPro Essentials or Non-vPro (by model)
- BIOS security
- Administrator, power-on and hard disk passwords; boot sequence control; boot without keyboard/mouse; individual USB port disablement; self-healing BIOS (Level 2); Smart USB protection
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home (and Single Language), Windows 11 DG Windows 10 Pro 64, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, Ubuntu Linux, no preload OS
Processors
- Intel Pentium Gold G7400
- Intel Core i3-12100
- Intel Core i3-12300
- Intel Core i5-12400
- Intel Core i5-12400F
- Intel Core i5-12500
- Intel Core i5-12600
- Intel Core i7-12700
- Intel Core i7-12700F
- Intel Core i9-12900
- Intel Core i9-12900F