Each before/after value below is produced by the deterministic upgrade transform in the data graph. A card is an observed installation result only when it names one or more accepted Grade A runs.
Confirm module voltage, rank, and firmware compatibility before purchase.
retail part number specified in the model: not selected
modeled not lab verified · grade B
1 TB 2.5-inch SATA SSD on Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q Tiny — i5-8500T / 8 GB / 256 GB NVMe
capabilities.storage.localDataGiB
0 → 1000
conditions
A compatible 2.5-inch caddy and SATA cable must be present.
The 2.5-inch drive assembly cannot coexist with an installed PCIe riser or card.
Physical fit and thermal behavior remain unverified.
retail part number specified in the model: not selected
modeled not lab verified · grade B
1 TB 2.5-inch SATA SSD on Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q Tiny — i5-8500T / 16 GB / 512 GB NVMe
capabilities.storage.localDataGiB
0 → 1000
conditions
A compatible 2.5-inch caddy and SATA cable must be present.
The 2.5-inch drive assembly cannot coexist with an installed PCIe riser or card.
Physical fit and thermal behavior remain unverified.
retail part number specified in the model: not selected
re-evaluated upgrade paths
Each entry below applies the maintained edges and re-runs the evaluator at every state it reaches, including intermediates. A path appears only when a real re-evaluation returned a stronger verdict than the unmodified profile; a part that raises a number without changing an answer is not a path.
Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q Tiny — i5-8500T / 8 GB / 256 GB NVMe · Proxmox host with two light service VMs
No modeled path in the maintained upgrade ledger reaches this result.
No modeled path in the maintained upgrade ledger reaches this target on this configuration.
cost: not available — no timestamped price evidence
documented slots are not approved upgrade paths
The platform record documents an NVMe position and a 2.5-inch SATA position. The current graph has memory and SATA-capacity effects, but no public NVMe, network, PCIe, riser, or accelerator upgrade edge for this page. That absence is intentional; the site does not invent a safe path from an interface name.
Physical-fit Grade A runs: 0. Confirm the exact caddy, cable, module dimensions, firmware behavior, and thermal result before purchase.
receipts
3 sources · 0 accepted grade A runs · best evidence grade B · reviewed 2026-07-26
record identity, publication and review
record id
platform-lenovo-thinkcentre-m720q-tiny
canonical path
/upgrades/lenovo-m720q-tiny/
publication
candidate · noindex
reviewed
2026-07-26
review again by
2026-08-25
evidence boundary
Grade A count: 0. A Grade B source can establish a documented specification or requirement. Grade D records are modeling inputs. Neither is proof of measured throughput, thermals, power, reliability, or physical fit.
4 attached evidence records
a grade describes how well attested a statement is, not how good the hardware is. grade a is a lab run we reproduced with a published method. grade d is a model, a reasoned inference, or a single unverified report.
The M720 Tiny family supports i5-8500T configurations, two DDR4-2666 SO-DIMM slots, an M.2 SSD, and an optional 2.5-inch SATA drive; Lenovo specifies that the 2.5-inch HDD/SSD and PCIe card are mutually exclusive.
The five configuration records are explicit evaluation fixtures selected for feasibility work; they are not observed retail SKUs or tested lab specimens.
source: Super Evil Robots Repositioning Master Planchecked 2026-07-26claim: claim-ser-candidate-configuration-model
limitation: This is a modeled or inferred claim. It cannot establish measured performance.
Upgrade edges describe modeled interface and capacity changes. They are not a claim that a particular retail module has passed firmware, electrical, thermal, or physical-fit validation.
source: Super Evil Robots Repositioning Master Planchecked 2026-07-26claim: claim-ser-upgrade-edge-model
limitation: This is a modeled or inferred claim. It cannot establish measured performance.
source ledger
Official facts and first-party modeling are shown separately. Source prose, tables, and diagrams are not republished.
This projection is generated from homelab graph version 0.1.0. The generated lifecycle index exposes only history events that are explicitly present in the structured record. It does not invent an earlier revision when the graph contains only its creation baseline.
— current candidate record reviewed against the attached evidence set.
— next required review under the monthly pilot-record review interval.
— created: Initial modeled hardware record created for the private feasibility graph.
