4 Things to Know About the Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q’s CPU Support
Regarding the Lenovo ThinkCentre: 1. It uses an LGA 1151 socket limited to 8th and 9th Gen Core processors. No 10th Gen or newer Intel CPUs will work, so upgrade paths stop at Coffee Lake.
The system also accepts Celeron and Pentium Gold variants. This makes it flexible for budget builds, especially with a cheap Pentium or used i7-8700T.
It stops at 9th Gen entirely — there is no support beyond that. If you want a newer platform, look elsewhere.
It is ideal as a solid 8th/9th Gen office machine with headroom for modest upgrades. Just don’t expect to drop in a 10th Gen CPU later.