CPU
2nd or 3rd Generation Intel Sandy Bridge Dual Core i3-2310M/2328M/2348M/2350M/2370M/2382M or i5-2430M/2450M/2520M/2540M or Intel Sandy Bridge Dual Core Pentium B940/B950/B960/B970/B980 or Intel Ivy Bridge Dual Core i3-3110M/3120M/3130M or i5-3210M/3230M/3320M/3360M/3380M or i7-3520M/3540M or Intel Ivy Bridge Dual Core Pentium 2020M Processor
Memory Type
PC3L-12800 1600MHz DDR3L 204pin SO-DIMM Laptop Memory
Standard Memory
up to 16GB
Memory Expansion Slots
2 SO-DIMM slots
PC Card Slots
One ExpressCard/34 Slot
USB Ports
Two USB v3.0 Type-A Ports and Two USB v2.0 Type-A Ports
Firewire Ports
One 4-pin IEEE-1394 Firewire / I.Link Port
Card Reader
4-in-1 Integrated SD Card Reader Slot: (SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC)
Original Optical Drives
Removable DVD Burner Dual Layer Drive or Blu-Ray DVD Combo Drive
Original Hard Drives
320GB, 500GB, 1TB 5400RPM or 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Original Solid State Drives
128GB, 180GB, 240GB, 256GB 2.5" SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive or 16GB, 32GB mSATA Solid State Drive
Drive Notes
The Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Laptop Supports up to 3 Drives. (One 2.5" Solid State Drive or Hard Drive in the Primary Drive Bay and/or One mSATA Solid State Drive and One 2.5" Solid State Drive or Hard Drive in the Optical Bay) Note: The second 2.5" Drive replaces the optical drive when installed. If installing the second 2.5" Drive in replace of the optical drive, you will need the 2nd HDD ultrabay slim tray for installation.