An exceptional workstation that delivers industry-leading performance.
Good: Exceptional performance, brilliant chassis design, easy to access internals, variety of configurations available.
Bad: Boot-up a bit on the slow side.
Price: AED 14,600
* The price is the Suggested Retail Price at the time of review. Please call a retailer to confirm the latest price for this product.
System Specifications
As the Z800 sits on the top-end of HP’s range, this machine can pack a punch if configured with the right internals. Here’s a quick look at what you can pop into this workstation:
| Form Factor |
Rackable Minitower |
| Operating Systems |
Supported:
Genuine Windows® 7 Enterprise 32/64
Genuine Windows® XP Professional 32/64
Genuine Windows® Vista Business 32/64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Solaris 10, 11
Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 |
| Processor Speed |
Up to Intel® Xeon® processor 3.20 GHz |
| Processors |
Two (Quad or Six core) |
| Memory |
3-channel 800/1066/1333 MHz DDR3 memory subsystem
Up to 192GB memory capacity |
| Audio |
On-board |
| I/O Slots |
2 PCI Express Gen2 x16 slots (full-length, full-height)
2 PCI Express Gen2 x8 slots – with x16 connectors (full-length, full-height)
1 PCI Express Gen2 x4 slot – with x8 connector (half-length, full-height)
1 PCI Express Gen1 x4 slot – with x8 connector (full-length, full-height)
1 PCI 32bit/33MHz slot, (full-length, full-height) |
| Internal Bays |
4 internal 3.5″ bays |
| External Bays |
3 external 5.25″ bays |
| Front I/O |
3 USB 2.0, 1 Headphone Out, 1 Microphone In, and 1 IEEE 1394a |
| Rear I/O |
1 IEEE-1394a
6 USB 2.0
1 Serial
PS/2 keyboard and mouse
2 RJ-45 to integrated Gigabit LAN
1 Audio Line In, 1 Audio Line Out, 1 Microphone In |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) |
44.4 x 20.3 x 52.5 cm |
| Power Supply |
850W / 1110W |
| Interfaces Supported |
6-channel SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface
8-channel SAS interface
1 Floppy interface (1 Floppy connector), IEEE 1394a, USB 2.0 |
| HDD Controller |
SATA and SAS controllers |
As you can see, the Z800 can pack some serious computing power if fully kitted out, so take your time in choosing your components. Our test unit came with a somewhat simpler setup, but was by no means sluggish. It packed 12.0 GB DDR3 666MHz SDRAM of RAM, 2 x Intel Xeon CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz processors (12 cores in total), 500GB (7200) SATA HDD, and sported a nVidia Quadro 4000 graphics card.
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