HP unveils Z820, Z620, Z420

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Tue, Mar 6 2012 9:30 AM

Wim Van den Broeck
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they will ship worldwide around April.

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Tue, Mar 6 2012 10:43 AM In reply to

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Nice!

Tue, Mar 6 2012 10:45 AM In reply to

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Further info here

http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/workstations/z820_features.html?jumpid=ex_r11260_go_z820

Strange way of explaining the performance difference over an 800?

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Tue, Mar 6 2012 10:54 AM In reply to

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Tue, Mar 6 2012 3:05 PM In reply to

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Try this link: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1199996

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Tue, Mar 6 2012 10:01 PM In reply to

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Now most of us are drooling over thr Z820, in a realistic world, if hp are shipping from the start of april, when do think avid will qualify it as an acceptable workstation?

Reason being, I am getting new suites costed up as an investment at the moment (Z800s), and wonder if I should try and hold off for the Z820, but unsure how long it'd be ??

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Wed, Mar 7 2012 2:58 AM In reply to

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AntCaladine:
I am getting new suites costed up as an investment at the moment (Z800s), and wonder if I should try and hold off for the Z820, but unsure how long it'd be ??

I would wait either way. When the Z800's came on the market, the xw8600's had a big price drop. If history is any guide, if you still want to go with the 800's, you'll probably get a great deal on them once the 820's have been out for a few months.

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Thu, Mar 8 2012 8:01 AM In reply to

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AntCaladine:

Now most of us are drooling over thr Z820, in a realistic world, if hp are shipping from the start of april, when do think avid will qualify it as an acceptable workstation?

Reason being, I am getting new suites costed up as an investment at the moment (Z800s), and wonder if I should try and hold off for the Z820, but unsure how long it'd be ??

By all means wait, if you got the money for the new series. It´s a magnitude faster in every aspect.

As always, heavy threaded applications gain the most from more cores, but look how fast this CPU is when it gets to stretch it´s legs:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/xeon-e5-2687w-benchmark-review,3149-6.html

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Thu, Mar 8 2012 11:09 AM In reply to

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I have a Z800 that is so over speced it will not run Avid MC6

Why would a Z820 be better?

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Thu, Mar 8 2012 11:58 AM In reply to

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"... I have a Z800 that is so over speced it will not run Avid MC6 ..."

Seriously?

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Thu, Mar 8 2012 12:34 PM In reply to

AntCaladine
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What are your system specs then?

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Tue, Mar 20 2012 5:58 PM In reply to

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HP is offering a 20% off coupon code on their z800 workstation page. For a $7000 computer, that would be a huge chunk of money.

Tue, Mar 20 2012 7:25 PM In reply to

AntCaladine
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valid in USA only :(

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