Around the back you’ll find another two USB 3.0 and four USB 2.0 ports, an extra FireWire port, the audio and Ethernet ports embedded on the motherboard, and two PS/2 ports (for you die-hard Model M users). You’ll also find FireWire and audio in/out. The front of the case has three USB ports, two of which use the much faster USB 3.0 standard. The outside of the case is just as important. Have a gander at a true “unboxing” video below: The only problem I encountered was with the graphics card brace, which achieved a tool-less design with an unfortunately flimsy plastic lip. Since these are generally the components that are left alone, it seems just about right.
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When I cracked the case (which is itself quite easy thanks to a handled access panel) I found that every single component could be removed by hand, with the notable exception of the motherboard, processor and power supply. But what caught my eye is just how easy it is to add and remove parts, thanks to an ingenious system of tabs, handles, slides and slots. HP’s workstations are renowned for being tough, and indeed this is the case: steel and hard plastic are hard to mess up. The case itself is of some interest to us here. These are staggeringly configurable and in any case, the tower form factor is designed for replacements and upgrades. A maxxed-out Z420 with the top end processor and graphics, an NVIIDA Quadro 5000 graphics card, 64GB of memory, huge SSDs and hard drives, integrated carrying handles and the like pushes towards $12,000.įor those interested in the Z420 or one of its bigger brothers in an IT environment, you really shouldn’t pay attention to the components. For these parts the total comes to $2762, up from the base price of $1169.
Other additions include a multi-card reader and an extra guide and fan assembly for the graphics card.
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Our test unit came equipped with an eight-core Intel Xeon E5-1620 CPU clocked at 3.6Ghz, a relatively modest 8GB of memory and 1TB 7200RPM hard drive, and an AMD FirePro V5900 professional graphics card. That said, it still gives you all the functionality of a full-sized workstation, and makes great effort to deliver first-class performance with a relatively economical price.
The Z420 Workstation is on the low end of HP’s full-sized Z-class, with only the even newer Z220 and the all-in-one Z1 below it.
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