Picked this up on eBay: it’s a Lenovo ThinkCentre M70t Gen 5, brand new.

Specs look solid for a low-power homelab box, and my plan is to run Unraid on it. Main use case: storage + a few containers.

Processor

1x 13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-13400 Processor (Core™ i5-13400)

Memory

1x 16 GB DDR5-5600

Operating System

Windows 11 Pro (DE: German)

Hard Drive

1x 512 GB SSD PCIe

Optical Drive

1x

Wired Network

1x

Ports

1x 3-in-1 Media Card Reader

Graphics

1x Intel® UHD Graphics 730

Case Form Factor

Tower

Warranty Included

3YR Onsite

Problem: the stock case feels like a dead end. Limited drive bays, not very NAS-friendly.

What I want to figure out:

Can I move this into a different case (something with proper HDD capacity)?

Is the motherboard standard enough (mATX/ATX), or is this classic Lenovo proprietary pain?

PSU compatibility issues to expect?

If it’s transferable, this could be a ridiculously cheap NAS build.…