Frequently asked questions

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FAQ | HP Z Workstations
What are the at-a-glance features of the HP Z240 Tower?
• Windows 10 Pro and other editions and downgrades available
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• Intel® Core
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6th and 7th Gen series
3,4
, including the Intel® Core™ i7-7700K processor with Intel® HD Graphics 630
(4�2 GHz, up to 4�5 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost, 8 MB cache, 4 cores)
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• Intel® C236 chipset
• Improved Intel® Hyper-Threading
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and Intel® Turbo Boost technologies
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• Intel® vPro™ Technology
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• 4 DIMM slots, up to 64 GB of total DDR4 2400 MHz system memory
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• 2 USB 3�0 ports on the front and 4 in the rear
• PCIe Gen 3 lanes on all slots for enhanced I/O capacity
• Replaced one of the x1 PCIe slots with a x4 slot for additional expandability
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• 
• 
• HP Remote Graphics Software (HP RGS)
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included for high-end screen sharing or remote access to a workstation
from home
How does the HP Z240 Tower compare to the HP Z230 Tower?
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3,4
, NVIDIA® or AMD professionals graphics, and the
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
particles into the system� In comparison, the HP Z240 Tower is more user friendly and a more powerful machine, giving
the user more capabilities than the HP Z230 Tower�
HP Z440 Tower Workstations
What’s special about the HP Z440 Workstation?
The HP Z440 Workstation is the performance single-processor workstation platform and is positioned above the
HP Z240 Workstation� It brings a higher level of performance and expandability to the mainstream workstation space
with support for higher-end quad-core, six-core, and eight-core Intel® Xeon® processors
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, greater memory bandwidth
with four-channel memory architecture, and enhancements that support up to 128 GB
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of DDR4 memory� This is
complemented by a range of new graphics cards from both AMD and NVIDIA®� The HP Z440 chassis has been slimmed
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handle on the back, and slim optical drive, the HP Z440 is more versatile for a broad range of user environments�
What are the at-a-glance features of the HP Z440 Workstation?
• Windows 10 Pro and other editions and downgrades available
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• Intel® C612 chipset
• Improved Intel® Hyper-Threading
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and Intel® Turbo Boost Technologies
6
• Intel® vPro™ Technology
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• 8 DIMM slots, up to 128 GB
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of total DDR4 2400 MHz system memory
• Optional high-performance Thunderbolt™ 2 PCIe card for up to 4x bandwidth of USB 3�0
• 4 USB 3�0 ports on the front and 4 in the rear
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• HP Z Turbo Drive G2 PCIe SSD for 4x the performance of SATA SSDs
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• 4U rack mountable
• HP Remote Graphics Software (HP RGS)
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included for high-end screen sharing or remote access to a workstation from
home
For more information, refer to the HP Z440 QuickSpecs and FAQs.