The ultimate HP Z840 Workstation, a 2021 Review

[@henrimuller7532]

Z840 is still a valid choice by end of 2023. It took me a few hours to make my mind and a few days to find a good offer. I just bought it today. I am eager to unbox it and in the meanwhile looked at videos, hence I find yours. I share your enthusiasm and thank you for discovering, thanks to you, features that I didn't about.

[@jonathankovacs1809]

My HP Z800 is still going strong! I love your comments about gaming computers they are fun to play with but I need to get work done I use a Workstation. I used SGI & Sun Systems now I use IBM and HP great video!

[@raulferro3998]

I own one too, I installed a couple of X5690 CPU's but I am using it for plotting and mining, it kind of falls behind compared to my newer Lenovo C30 workstations in terms of H/s but for what I paid I can't complain.

[@esconsult1]

Thanks! Getting the real work done with my Z440! (Running Linux for programming, video publishing, writing). Super reliable. Leave on all the time. Just login and produce. Everything is too much about gaming these days.

[@minkfranchise6389]

"Everything is too much about gaming these days." - Ericson Smith ...W.

[@Surf4Toys]

Great video Jorge! My story began a couple of weeks ago when I helped my sister revive her old Z800. I was super impress with that computer. So I began researching and found your video. I'm now the proud owner (1 week) of a Z840 and agree with some of the users that this is best computer I've ever owned. Cheers from the San Francisco Bay Area.

[@jessejames5825]

I went from a Z400 to a water-cooled dual processor (Xeon X5690s) Z800 and now I have a Z840 (Xeon E5-2687W V4) and it is as you said, the best computer I have ever owned or used. Great video you have here. Great job Sir.

[@pacoreguenga]

I agree this is the best workstation ever made and I’m looking to buy one as soon as posible. Too bad their price has gone up lately.

[@yttean98]

A prize of its time will become a dinosaur in not distance future.

[@willybrubaker3589]

Great presentation. Those of us who have been around a while, remember that the workstation goes back a bit further.

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

my first workstation was the HP WX9400 and i remember it had two AMD Opteron´s CPUs, before that i was still very young... thanks for watching!

[@dannydanquah3681]

I installed Z Turbo drive with NVMe and performance has been awesome.

[@greywolf9398]

I have a Z Turbo g2 256GB and I want to upgrade to a 512GB or 1TB Samsung but I don't know the specs that i need to make sure it's a bootable drive. Maybe you can tell me? Would be much appreciated.

[@dannydanquah3681]

@@greywolf9398 I upgraded to 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus a few days ago and Windows 10 installed and boots without problems. If 500GB works, definitely 1TB will work. I bought 2 500GBs and used NVMe adapter to install the second one. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GFDVXVJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@dannydanquah3681]

@@greywolf9398 Please let me know how it goes.

[@greywolf9398]

@@dannydanquah3681 Danny, I have been trying to find out this info for a week. thank you!!

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

hello Grey Wolf, in my Personal HP Z840 i have a 2 TB Sabren Rocket installed and workst perfectly. Before i used to have a WD 1 TB NVME also withoud problems and also using a Turbo G2. Any NVME should work excelent :)

[@yttean98]

Awesome machine, 1st thing you must do is to measure the power consumption when it is idling and then measure again when you are play games at full tilt.

[@newvillagefilms]

Hmmmm... I just recently threw away (brought to recycling company) my perfectly working HP Z800. I kept the OS drive because I've data in it. The Z840 is the machine we use in data forensics 5 years ago.

[@rennu_]

Great informative video. Thanks mate. Cheers from Dubai

[@kingpin00231]

Huge fan of the Z840.. Request for you to create a video showing your configuration of your machine hardware and config... Thanks..

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hi Curtis, i will do soon. I am just preparing everything! thanks for watching and i am as well a huge fan of the Z family!

[@Gonchex3D]

Para trabajar con Sketchup 2021 y Lumion 10 sera buena idea comprar este equipo? pienso incorporarle una Asus Gtx 1080 TI. tu crees q sea buena la invesion?

[@jonathankovacs1809]

If I am not mistaken the Z800 and its family the case was designed by BMW if so the Germans will love them I know I do!

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hello Jonathan, you are totally right!!! I live in Germany since years and this was really interesting for me when I found out! Indeed is was conceptually design by BWM based on the car aerodynamics. Thanks for watching and this comment made my day!

[@ks_design3414]

Thank you for the explanation! Great video. I have a z800, it's very similar to z840. What's your tips about noisy reduction? I've seen the arctic fans but I never had experience with that products.

[@TheAngeloMichael]

I have a z840 was a noisy screamer, always whining, all my core temps were low. It was my quadro 4000 nvidia card, when it finally failed, I replaced it with a 1650, it is totally quiet. I run it pretty hard staking tokens and video streaming, but it never runs a temp and my office is quiet ever since.

[@joelguerrerop]

es un gran equipo, muy versátil y rápido.

[@imrenagy8122]

Very good configurations this pc. i wanna buy.

[@marlongarzamedina6967]

Que orgullo mi compi 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Gracias Marlon en verdad! Un abrazo

[@erik78bg]

hello, is it possible to disable the NUMA function in BIOS to use the 2CPUs for the same instances? Thank you

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hello Erik, actually this is a very good question. What problem do you have exactly now? a CPU node with more cores than the other one? try deactivating hyperthreading, an NUMA disable. Restart, you will se only the physical cores. Restart, activate Hyperthreading and enable NUMA. That should work, and the task manager should recognize al physical cores and virtual threads, and the same amount of cores for each Node.

[@SirtubalotTX]

I have a GTX 1080ti (8 inch version) in my Z800 and it works great with 1100 power supply. Curious what cards people have tried in their Z840. I think 12inches is possible in these chassis but I haven't tried one of that length. Anyone?

[@stevietee3878]

I'm running a dual processor Z840 with a RTX 3080 TI installed, with no problems, you just need the correct power adaptors for the graphics card. I've also installed a Z Turbo drive Quad Pro with 4 NVME. M.2 drives inside as RAID for fast writes for video prodction, that is the same physical length as the RTX 3080 TI. I have my OS on another (single) Z Turbo drive NVME M.2. And 256 Gb of RAM. The thing is a beast and it flies.

[@SirtubalotTX]

@@stevietee3878 Nice and ty for the info. When I build another one of these Z's it will be an 840..need the UEFI support. One of my next builds however it's going to be a 13900k.

[@burundipixelproduction3326]

do you think is still good in 2022 for like 4k editing?

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hi, definitely, is still very good. Nowadays, most software is gettng into GPU parallelization to improve the video editing workloads. It is just going to get better for GPU accelerated applications. If you have a very decent GPU inside, it will still do an amazing job. Thanks for watching!

[@stevesibaja3123]

The best PC Ever from HP 16 Ram Slots up to Maximum 256GB of Ram DDR4

[@xMandalorex]

Wrong, it actually holds 2TB of ram, my machine has 1TB of ram 64GB x 16 lol

[@stevesibaja3123]

Long Live The HP Z840 in 2022

[@pacocote]

Hey dude did you know why the 970 EVO Plus is not recognized in this Workstation?

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hi Paco, as far all the graphics card that i tried on this workstation, everything works. But, when i had problems to recognize a GPU is because the slot configuration in which is attached. Do you have 1 or 2 CPUs? if you know for sure that the 970 is working on another system, then is just the slot configuration on your machine. They are slots that are for the CPU 0 and some for the CPU1, and, some of them, depending on the configuration, will not give you video signal. This is because the HP Z840 was kind of designed in mind of usage with TESLA Accelerators, and the PCIe configuration is kind of tricky at the beginning. I hope it helps and thanks for watching!

[@minkfranchise6389]

@@JorgeMoralesAv ? He was talking about the Samsung 970 EVO plus. That's a 3x4 NVME Drive. Am I missing something?

[@BeachBoyAAA]

Must be in the right slots.

[@shakaama]

will this be the ultimate 3d modeling pc for me? and i can load up millions of vert models? think movie level stuff

[@jessejames5825]

I use SOLIDWORKS and it's AWESOME on the Z840.

[@markhepi7791]

Thank you! I’m looking for workstation for our livestream company. We want something that we can add multiple capture cards and a quadro RTX 4000 for multiple encoding.

[@ottodog7627]

can this workstation beat a ryzen r9 3950x on fem and cfd simulations?

[@MaaroufAlsheikh]

Amazing vision, do z840 supports VROC (NVME raid)

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hello Maaroug, yes, it support RAID for NVMEs. Thanks for watching!

[@MaaroufAlsheikh]

@@JorgeMoralesAv Thanks

[@MaaroufAlsheikh]

@@JorgeMoralesAv what about hp 820 and hp 800 ?

[@markhepi7791]

Wow I want one! Thank you! I need one for live-streaming. Quadro RTX 4000, 128 ddr4 and 6tb ssd, 2 Magewell SDI pro capture card for a 8 camera operation. 2 x thunderbolt 3, 2 x 10gig Nic.

[@curvingfyre6810]

if you're going that high end, you're going to want to go with something on the lga 2011 v3 slot, instead of the normal 2011. You're going to hit the limits of your motherboard with that tier of hardware, unless you get the newer version.

[@markhepi7791]

@@curvingfyre6810 I have a few friends that already have this hardware in their z840 used for live-streaming. Thanks for the tip

[@peny1981]

Is it possible to make from 2x 5.25 slots a space for 3.5 discs in z840?

[@name13119]

Yes, I recommend a non hot swap option so the front astetics don't change

[@suriyasaravanan6780]

Hi, Can this system supports latest RTX cards? Tq

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

hello Suriya, yes! totally support them, you just need to take a look to the slots required for your graphics card. In theory, up to 3 dual-slot graphics card are supported. Thanks for watching!

[@suriyasaravanan6780]

@@JorgeMoralesAv tq...so it means it can support RTX 3070 (GDDR 6, SLOT 2.7) ??

[@kingpin00231]

@@suriyasaravanan6780 I have a Z840 with two M.2 1TB for the OS & storage. Duel Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2. Combined that is 12 Cores & 24 threads.. Ram is DDR4 129gig .. and to top it off for fun. Nivida RTX 3070 for the GPU. The machine is a beast with the latest games.. 4K with everything maxed out.. Solid performance .. !!! Very surprised that this can keep up and in some instances surpass my dedicated gaming PC that I built.. If you can get one. do it..

[@suriyasaravanan6780]

@@kingpin00231 thnks for the info man...btw did u use 3 pin connector to the RTX card?

[@kingpin00231]

@@suriyasaravanan6780 3 pin for the GPU power connection. Here's exactly what I ordered from Amazon.. www.amazon.com/dp/B01DV1Z32Y?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details 6 pin to 8 the price was super low.. As far as install for the 3070 RTX.. I put it on SLOT2 PCIe3 x16 CPU0.. If you have any more questions let me know.

[@stevesibaja3123]

No other PC will ever have 16 Ram Slots

[@addineri7808]

Buen proyecto. 👍

[@michelwong1]

👍👍

[@Cgolheiros]

you say 225W each GPU. Does a GTX 980 ti do? its 250W TDP according to Nvidia. thanks

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

yes, you can power up one 980ti with only one cable. I was using a Titan Black until few days ago for computing, also with a TDP of 250. Do you want to install three of them? otherwise you can always use two 6 pin cables to power it. Thanks for watching :)

[@jessejames5825]

Actually I have a GTX 980 ti in mine and it uses (2) 8-pin cables.

[@smartbusinessltd]

Is this still worth it in 2024?!

[@samsungace2galaxyace251]

How much it cost

[@rodolfomorales4458]

el mejor

[@Gonchex3D]

Uno de segunda mano aqui en Bolivia esta como 1500 $us

[@zamaryshaker6650]

I recently bought this but the Lumion didn’t work.

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

Hello Zamary, why Lumion did not work? Thanks for watching!

[@Action-Editing-Pro]

Power supply expensive if is fail Cost 400

[@le0meteque]

The Hp Z stations are beasts in specs but for nowadays standards they are becoming obsolete....the cores counts is not the only thing to base your hopes on cause most softwares need higher CPU frequency take After effects for example even in 3D the number of cores will certainly help reduce rendering time but for modeling and viewport fast rendering the higher CPU frequency you have the smother your work will be .... i was naive to think that My Hp z640 with 56 core can be the right choice in 2020 and i was wrong now i'm stuck with a machine that coast me 1200 dollars with mediocre performance on a wide range of softwares....i wont recommend buying it unless you need it for a specific task that will use all raw power and all it CPU cores

[@kashifraza5952]

hi seriously want to buy it for after effects professional level works, dont you recommend it?

[@mumblety96]

Should've done your homework.

[@wrnrt]

Nice topic, but it would be nice if the video was in English. Or maybe subtitles?

[@edgaravila8492]

En español viejo es español por lo menos ponle una tradición

[@stormk-1130]

Mejor aprende ingles...... Progrese compa...

[@edgaravila8492]

@@stormk-1130 que tiene de malo el Español pregunto pues ? Se ve que es de origen latino !!!!

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

que tal Edgar, en espanol si que he pensado subir tambien los videos, lamentablemente no he tenido el tiempo necesario. Hacer videos en espanol está en mi lista de pendientes para el canal. Muchas gracias por mirar el video!!

[@JorgeMoralesAv]

mexicano soy :) ingles o espanol es solo un lenguaje, por cuestiones de que vivo en alemania y los algoritmos de KZbin estando aquí y posteando en espanol videos no me ayudaría mucho a que la gente descubra el canal.

[@edgaravila8492]

@@JorgeMoralesAv jajaja el español es el segundo idioma más hablado en el mundo .... Después del chino ya canales que hablan de PC y servidores hay muchísimos en inglés hay mucha competencia por eso debes hacerlo en español y preferencia español latino como el mexicano que últimamente es el más usado en las tradiciones de las películas. Si ves la traducción por ejemplo de las esferas del dragón de España y la traducción mexicana ... Por favor mil veces mejor la mexicana. Fíjate fdx show el es español y su canal habla de PC y reparación y tiene mucho éxito . Pues hay pocos canales en ese estilo. Es tanto así que hay un canal que se llama veritasiun de un americano que físico y habla sobre física pero ya lo tradujeron al español latino y por favor quedó de primera y ahora es más popular y tiene más seguidores.

[@blackops84321]

Hard video to watch. Sorry moving on.