The New HP Z820 Work Station Is For Professionals Who Need Raw Power
Announced
HP
Z8
US$2439 (Rs 156,000 approx.)
17.5 x 8.0 x 20.7 in
22.4 kg
Intel C602 Chipset
Intel Xeon Processor
Intel® Pro 1500 SSD 180 GB
Up to (5) 3.5-inch 7200 rpm SATA drives: 250, 500 GB, 1, 2, 3 TB, 15 TB max
Up to (5) 2.5-inch 10K rpm SATA drives: 300 GB SFF, 1.5 TB max
Up to (6) 2.5-inch 10K rpm SATA drives: 250, 500, 1000 GB SFF, 6 TB max
Up to (6) 2.5-inch 10K rpm SAS drives: 300, 600, 900 GB, 1.2TB SFF, 7.2 TB max
Up to (5) 3.5-inch 15K rpm SAS drives: 300, 450, 600 GB, 3 TB max
Up to (6) 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives: 128, 180, 240, 256, 480, 512 GB, 1 TB (6 TB max)
Up to (1) 2.5-inch SATA solid state SED drives: 256 GB, 256 GB max
Up to (1) 3.5-inch SATA SED hard drive: 500 GB, 500 GB max
Up to (2) PCIe SSD Fusion ioFX 410GB PCIe
Up to (4) PCIe SSD HP Z Turbo Drives 256GB, 512GB (1TB max)
16 DIMM slots, up to 512 GB, 8-channel ECC DDR3 (Transfer rates up to 1866 MT/s), 4 channels per CPU
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Windows 8.1 Pro Downgrade to Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
Windows 8.1 Pro Downgrade to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
HP Linux Installer Kit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop/Workstation
HP has announced the latest iteration of its workstation and it packs a lot of power. The new Z workstations have been developed with product designers, architects, digital creators, scientists, educators, healthcare workers, and financial traders in mind, but could also be a good fit for home-based content creators who value processing power more than anything else.
The flagship of the Z workstations is the HP Z820. The Z8 packs in two Intel Skylake-SP processors, with twinned Xeon Platinum 8180 chips: 28 cores/56 threads and 38.5MB cache each running at 2.5-3.8GHz, along with support for up to 1.5TB RAM. Those processors and memory can be combined with up to three Nvidia Quadro P6000 GPUs or AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 parts. The desktop system has four internal drive bays, two external (and a third external for an optical drive), and nine PCIe slots. Storage options include up to 4TB of PCIe-mounted SSD, and 48TB of spinning disks. A range of gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are available; the machine also supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2. Thunderbolt 3 is available with an add-in card. HP says that novel ducting ensures a second CPU is cooled with fresh air rather than recycled (warm) air from the first CPU’s ducting.
The desktop system has four internal drive bays, two external (and a third external for an optical drive), and nine PCIe slots. Storage options include up to 4TB of PCIe-mounted SSD, and 48TB of spinning disks. A range of gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are available; the machine also supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2. Thunderbolt 3 is available with an add-in card.
The HP Z820 is expected to be released in October at a starting price of US$2439 (Rs 156,000 approx.) in the United States. There is no official word on its global release yet.
