{"id":398828,"date":"2017-09-13T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/09\/13\/hp-unveils-its-insanely-upgradeable-z-class-workstations\/21|23205686"},"modified":"2017-09-13T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T07:03:00","slug":"hp-unveils-its-insanely-upgradeable-z-class-workstations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/hp-unveils-its-insanely-upgradeable-z-class-workstations\/","title":{"rendered":"HP unveils its insanely upgradeable Z-class workstations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HP Z6 Workstation ($1,919) dials that craziness down a notch, with 384GB of max system memory and fewer slots and ports, but still has the dual Xeon CPU option. The Z4 Workstation ($1,239), meanwhile, lets you install 256GB of RAM and a single Xeon CPU, limited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/08\/29\/intel-18-core-xeon-w-cpu\/\">Intel&#8217;s new W-series<\/a>. The top end of that right now is the Xeon W2155 with 10 cores and 20 threads, and HP hasn&#8217;t said whether it&#8217;ll support the flagship 18-core Xeon W that&#8217;s coming later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, these prices are for the bare boxes only, not the graphics cards, memory, CPUs and other stuff you&#8217;ll need. On the Z4 model, however, the Xeon W 10-core chip is &#8220;just&#8221; $1,000, so it should be no problem to build a box for around $3,000 to $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>HP also unveiled a few new displays, including the 38-inch Z38c curved display that is a bit of an odd duck for HP&#8217;s video-oriented Z lineup. Much like LG&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/08\/29\/lg-delivers-three-new-super-sized-ultrawide-monitors\/\">38UC99 38-inch screen<\/a>, it has sort-of 4K resolution (3,840 x 1,600) 21:9 that can&#8217;t actually handle full-resolution UHD video, so seems more suited for gaming. It also lacks other features like 10-bit capability, which is becoming increasingly important for 4K HDR video editing and color correctoin.<\/p>\n<p>HP&#8217;s Z8 and Z6 Workstations are coming in October, while the Z4 arrives sometime in November. This end-of-year date should help film and VFX houses fit them into their fiscal purchase budgets, because other than the Z4, these aren&#8217;t really meant for you or me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HP Z6 Workstation ($1,919) dials that craziness down a notch, with 384GB of max system memory and fewer slots and ports, but still has the dual Xeon CPU option. The Z4 Workstation ($1,239), meanwhile, lets you install 256GB of RAM and a single Xeon CPU, limited to Intel&#8217;s new W-series. The top end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":398829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[27,59,26],"class_list":["post-398828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-engadget","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}