Thinkpads Forum

Hello! So, my school gives out older ThinkPad models (T410, T420, T510, T520) to their students, and I was bestowed with a T520. So I put an mSATA SSD in it, 8 GB of RAM, second hard drive caddy, second hard drive, etc. and I want to upgrade it farther. What I'd like to do, is put in a better screen, better processor (I wish better video card), the display (HD+ to FHD, QWXGA, or QHD (hopefully FHD at least)), or possibly even a touch screen. I read somewhere that it could be a factory option. I only want this because I started to do a lot of heavy tasks on it, and would rather stay mobile than file share between desktop and laptop. Thanks!

Welcome to the forum!

You can upgrade more RAM, up to 16GB (2x 8GB), a quad core CPU and a FHD screen as max resolution, the best panel available would be a B156HW01 V.4, which is getting difficult to get. There are other options but quality would be inferior.

I don't think there are compatible panels with higher resolution then FHD available for this model, no touch option either.