HP Z400 Workstation

[01001010]

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/12454-12454-296719-307907-4050763-3718668.html

What do people think?

 

[foothead]

Is there any reason why you need a xeon over a core i7? It seems like it's just a ton of wasted money to me.

What will this be used for?

 

[01001010]

Is there any reason why you need a xeon over a core i7? It seems like it's just a ton of wasted money to me.

No, not really. It's the cheapest machine I'm willing to get through their business line.

What will this be used for?

Toying the idea of replacing my current HP with the model listed above.

 

[gmcrepair]

On two of them there's not graphics card included.

 

[foothead]

Are you not willing to build? For $1000, you could build an i7-930 rig that would smoke that hp.

 

[01001010]

No.

 

[foothead]

Well, how about this?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...75AA_ABA_Pavilion_Elite_HPE_270f_Desktop.html

$200 more, but you get major upgrades on most every component.

 

[01001010]

I don't have a discount with their consumer line and I'd rather not deal with HP consumer.

Like I said, just toying with the idea. Probably won't make a serious decision for another six months.

 

[Remeniz]

I think the right specification would work.

There's some massive capabilities in those machines. Cant you spec dual CPU models?

 

[gmcrepair]

Are you not willing to build?

No.

You will need to add a graphics card anyway.