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Lenovo ThinkStation P2 Tower

17-litre entry tower workstation on the Intel W680 chipset, spanning 12th-gen through 14th-gen Core i3-i9 (including 125 W K parts). Up to 128 GB of DDR5-4400 UDIMM (ECC or non-ECC), up to three M.2 SSDs plus SATA bays, and room for one double-width GPU up to an RTX A4000 or two RTX A2000 12GB cards.

Memory

Slots
4 DDR5 UDIMM, dual-channel capable
Type
DDR5-4400 UDIMM, ECC or non-ECC, up to 4400 MT/s
Max
128 GB (4 × 32 GB)
ECC
On models with ECC DIMMs and an ECC-capable processor

Storage

Support
Up to 2 × 3.5" SATA HDD (up to 4 TB each); also up to 3 × M.2 SSD
Bays
Bay 1: 3.5" HDD, standard. Bay 2: 3.5" HDD or 2.5" HDD/SSD, optional. Bay 3: 2.5" HDD/SSD, optional. Front-access bay (3.5" or 2.5") occupies Bay 2.
M.2
2 × onboard M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 (up to 4 TB each) + 1 × M.2 on a PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter (up to 2 TB)
3.5" HDD
SATA 6 Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 1/2/4 TB
M.2 SSD
PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4; onboard slots offer 256 GB-4 TB (Opal 2.0); adapter slot offers 256 GB-2 TB
RAID
Integrated SATA controller (RAID 0/1) and integrated NVMe controller (RAID 0/1)
Optical
Optional 9.0 mm slim DVD-ROM, DVD±RW or Blu-ray
Card reader
Optional SD card reader

Graphics

Integrated
Intel UHD Graphics 730 or 770 (by processor)
Discrete support
Up to two NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB, or one card up to RTX A4000
Offered
NVIDIA T400 4 GB (40 W, single-slot), T1000 4 GB (50 W, single-slot), T1000 8 GB (50 W, single-slot), RTX A400 4 GB (50 W, single-slot), RTX A1000 8 GB (50 W, single-slot), RTX A2000 12 GB (70 W, dual-slot), RTX 2000 Ada 16 GB with ECC (70 W, dual-slot), RTX A4000 16 GB with ECC (140 W, single-slot)
Monitors
Onboard graphics: up to 4 independent displays (2 × DP, 1 × HDMI, 1 × optional Flex IO/USB-C); max depends on discrete GPU in use

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 4.0 x16, full height, length ≤ 268 mm, 75 W, double-width
Slot 2
PCIe 3.0 x1, full height, half length, 25 W
Slot 3
PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 lanes), full height, half length, 25 W
Slot 4
PCIe 3.0 x1, full height, half length, 25 W
M.2
2 × onboard M.2 (PCIe 4.0 x4) + 1 via adapter (PCIe 3.0 x4); 1 × M.2 for WLAN

Networking

Onboard
Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM Gigabit, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
Optional Ethernet
Up to two PCIe x1 adapters or one PCIe x4 + one PCIe x1 adapter, up to five extra GbE ports: Intel I210-T1, Intel I350-T2, Intel I350-T4, Realtek RTL8168H
WLAN
Optional Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (vPro) with Bluetooth 5.3, or none

Power

PSU
500 W or 750 W fixed, 92% efficient, 80 PLUS Platinum, autosensing

Ports

Front
1 × USB-C (10 Gbps/3.2 Gen 2, data only), 2 × USB-A (5 Gbps/3.2 Gen 1), 2 × USB-A (10 Gbps/3.2 Gen 2), headphone/microphone combo jack, microphone jack
Rear
4 × USB-A (5 Gbps/3.2 Gen 1, one with Smart Power On), 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 2 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × RJ-45, line-out
Rear optional
Flex IO: one of USB-C 5 Gbps with DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1 TMDS, DP 1.2 or VGA; serial (cable), 2 × PS/2 (cable), parallel (cable + PCIe bracket), 2 × USB 2.0 (cable + PCIe bracket), USB-C 20 Gbps (PCIe x4 card), 2 × USB-A 5 Gbps (PCIe x1 card), 4 × serial (PCIe x1 card)

Physical

Form factor
Tower, 17 L
Dimensions (W×D×H)
170 × 315.35 × 376 mm (6.7 × 12.4 × 14.8 in, with feet)
Weight
9.67 kg (21.32 lb) maximum configuration
Security
Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG, FIPS 140-2); Kensington slot 3 × 7 mm; padlock loop; optional E-lock; optional chassis intrusion switch
Audio
Realtek ALC897Q-CG HD Audio, 2 W internal speaker
Environment
Operating 10-35 °C, 20-80% humidity, up to 3048 m; storage -40 to 60 °C

Management

Remote
Intel vPro Enterprise with Intel AMT 16, or non-vPro
BIOS security
Administrator and power-on passwords; self-healing BIOS
Status
End of support 2032-04-19

Operating systems

Preloads
Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Ubuntu Linux LTS, no OS
Certified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 (certified only)

Processors

  • Intel Core i5-12500
  • Intel Core i7-12700
  • Intel Core i9-12900K
  • Intel Core i3-13100
  • Intel Core i5-13500
  • Intel Core i5-13600K
  • Intel Core i7-13700
  • Intel Core i7-13700K
  • Intel Core i9-13900
  • Intel Core i9-13900K
  • Intel Core i5-14500
  • Intel Core i7-14700
  • Intel Core i7-14700K
  • Intel Core i9-14900
  • Intel Core i9-14900K