{"id":7800,"date":"2020-10-26T13:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=7800"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T17:23:09","slug":"thinkstation-p340-tiny-a-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/hardware\/7800\/thinkstation-p340-tiny-a-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"ThinkStation P340 Tiny – A First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many of you know that I am a big fan of Lenovo products. I belong to a group sponsored by Lenovo called Lenovo Insiders that spreads the word about Lenovo. However, I never pull any punches and have never been reluctant to be brutally honest when necessary. But none of that really matters today as the product I want to talk about I purchased with my own money. I am upgrading my primary system from one ThinkStation to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last several years, I have been running a ThinkStation P320 Tiny. A unit that I also bought with my own money. That system is now out of warranty, and while it has plenty of life left, I decided to upgrade. I have another use for the P320 so I'm not throwing anything away. And frankly, my one grip about the P320 Tiny is that fan noise can be a bit much. That has sometimes been an issue when recording my Pluralsight <\/a><\/strong>courses. But, given the compact nature of the hardware that isn't too surprising. I was hoping that the next generation had a better solution for the fan so the P340 Tiny was ordered.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ordered a unit with the Intel i9 processor with vPro, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB NVMe drive, and an NVIDIA Quadro P1000 video card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This gives me 4 mini display ports which are driving 2 27\" ThinkVision monitors, which I've been using for awhile. I love that these units come with a full Ethernet port along with plenty of other ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But I did make one major goof in my ordering. My plan was to use the Ethernet port so I didn't pay attention to the WiFi upgrade that was offered. It turns out that if you want to use Bluetooth devices, which I did, you need to order the WiFi adapter. I didn't pay close enough attention to this detail. I ordered an adapter after the fact but it didn't include all of the necessary parts and I'm still fighting this issue. If you intend on using Bluetooth, order the 802.11ax WiFi card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I'm footing the bill, I try to save some money where I can. I knew I wanted more memory and another drive but I decided to handle these upgrades myself. I ordered a 64GB memory <\/a>upgrade and a 1TB NVMe drive<\/a> from Crucial.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put together a short video intro to the device which also shows you how to open up the unit to upgrade it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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