HP Workstations FAQs

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HP Z440 HP Z640 HP Z840
Processors
1,4
Intel® Xeon® E5-1620 v3 3.5GHz 4-core 10MB 2133
Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v3 2.4GHz 6-core 15MB 1866
Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz 8-core 20MB 1866
Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 v3 3.5GHz 4-core 15MB 2133
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Hard Drives
6
500GB 7200 RPM SATA
1TB 7200 RPM SATA
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Graphics
NVIDIA® NVS™ 510 2GB
NVIDIA® NVS™ 620 2GB
NVIDIA® Quadro® K2200 4GB
AMD FirePro™ W2100 2GB
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Memory
4
8GB DDR4-2133 (1x8GB) Registered RAM 1CPU
16GB DDR4-2133 (2x8GB) Registered RAM 1CPU
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Optical and Removable Storage
Slim SuperMulti DVDRW SATA 1st Optical Disk Drive
Slim SuperMulti DVDRW SATA 2nd Optical Disk Drive
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Will these products be oered as global series SKUs?
• WehavecomponentsthatareoeredgloballybutdonothaveaspecicSKUsetthatisdenedasglobal.Thisgivesthe
 regionsmoreexibilityintheircongurationsandoerings.
Will these products be oered worldwide?
• Yes,allthreeoftheseproductswillbeoeredworldwide.
Why should my customer transition from the HP Zx20 to the HP Zx40 products?
• Thelatestprocessors,graphicscardsandmemorycongurationswillincreaseperformanceandexpandabilityfor 
customers, giving them a leg up in their industry through leading technology. With the HP Zx40 platforms,
professionals can connect faster and transfer more data through upgraded I/O ports and the optional Thunderbolt™ 2
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card. HP Zx40 Workstations also provide future expandability and compatibility with up-coming products such as
 graphicscardsandleadingsoftwarefromHP’scertiedIndependentSoftwareVendors(ISVs).
How long will my customer have to transition from the HP Zx20 to the HP Zx40 products?
• Customers will see an eight month transition period between the September 2014 planned ship release and the
planned end-of-life date in May 2015.
What testing and reliability has been built into these Zx40 products?
• At HP, we recognize that professionals can’t settle for anything less than the highest levels of reliability. That’s why
we design our workstations to meet the challenges of the most demanding application workloads and duty
cycles—an HP focus for the past 30 years. Today, our three decades of workstation engineering innovation
 havepaidoinalevelofreliabilitythatiswidelyrecognizedintheindustry.HPWorkstationsaredesigned 
 forheavyusage,andarefullytestedwithandcertiedforabroadvarietyofprofessionalapplicationsin  
Product Development; Architecture, Engineering and Construction; Financial Services; Media and Entertainment;
and many other segments.
• Please refer to the “Building Reliability into HP Workstations” whitepaper for detail on how HP tests workstation
products: h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-3573ENW.pdf
Which segments are the HP Zx40 targeted at?
• HP Zx40 Workstations are targeted towards product development, media and entertainment, oil and gas, and
healthcare as the primary segments, though these machines are designed to meet the needs of customers in
all industry segments.
Why should someone in media and entertainment, oil and gas and healthcare buy or upgrade their products to the
HP Zx40 series platforms?
• TheHPZx40seriesoersawidespanoftechnology,innovationandperformancecustomerswillnotndinother 
 workstations.Withalloftheupgradedandsupportedcomponents,speed,reliability,andcongurabilityof
 HPWorkstations,professionalsinanyindustrywillbeabletobridgethegapbetweenconceptsandnishedproducts
 faster,withmoreeaseandlessdowntime.Tolearnmoreaboutthespecicbenetsforeachmarketsegment,please
read the sales brief.
Will these products still be considered long-life cycle?
• The HP Z440 will have a three year life cycle.
• Both the HP Z640 and HP Z840 are targeted for two year life cycles.
Will these products have stable and consistent oerings?
• Yes,alistofthestableandconsistentoeringscanbefoundon-lineathp.com/go/whitepapers under “Learn more
about the HP Workstations family” or within the “Stable and Consistent” section of the QuickSpecs documents.
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