Combining ultimate performance with a revolutionary new industrial design, the HP Z800 Workstation delivers the extreme speed and massive expandability that you demand to tackle your biggest challenges.

Powerful performance by design: get massive, whole-system computational power from a workstation that optimizes the way the processor, memory, graphics, OS and software technology work together.

• Sleek new look: the revolutionary industrial design features brushed aluminum side panels, integrated handles, visually cable-less engineering that maximizes airflow, modular component removal and reconnect and optional liquid cooling.

• Expandability without comparison: tackle the most data-intensive applications with massive data capacity and the ultimate in computing power and system expandability.

• Designed with the environment in mind: minimize power and cooling costs with ENERGY STAR® qualified systems featuring 85% or 88% efficient power supplies and an HP-developed energy-saving feature that helps lower energy consumption in off mode.

Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Business with downgrade to Windows XP Professional custom installed,
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32-bit,
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 64-bit,
HP Installer Kit for Linux
Processor type
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core processor (2.00 to 3.20 GHz, 4 to 8 MB L2 cache, 800 to 1333 MHz Memory)
Processor front side bus
800 to 1333 MHz Front Side Bus
Chipset
Dual Intel® 5520
Form factor
Rackable minitower
Power requirements
850 or 1110 watts wide-ranging, active Power Factor Correction, direct connection Power Supplies
Maximum memory
Up to 192 GB
Memory
DDR3 1333 MHz ECC Unbuffered or Registered DIMMs
Memory slots
12 DIMM slots
Internal drives
External drive bays
3 external 5.25" bays (up to 4 eSATA, up to 8 SAS)
Internal drives
Up to 5 3.5" SATA drives, or up to 6 2.5" SATA drives, or up to 5 3.5" SAS drives
Hard disk drive speed
From 7200 to 15000 rpm
Storage controller
Integrated 6 channel SATA 3 Gb/s controller with RAID (0, 1, 5 or 10) capability, integrated 8 channel SAS controller with RAID (0, 1 or 10) capability, optional LSI 8888 ELP 8-port SAS HW with RAID (0, 1, 5 or 10) capability
Optical drives
HP SATA DVD-ROM Drive, HP SATA DVD+/-RW Drive, HP SATA Slot-load DVD+/-RW Drive, HP SATA Blu-Ray Writer
Flexible disk drive
Optional 1.44 MB Diskette Drive
System features
Internal audio
Integrated High Definition Realtek ALC262 Audio, optional Creative X-Fi Titanium PCIe Audio Card, optional HP Thin USB Powered Speakers
Expansion slots
1 PCI, 1 PCI Express Gen1 (x8 mechanically, x4 electrically), 1 PCI Express Gen2 (x8 mechanically, x4 electrically), 2 PCI Express Gen2 (x16 mechanically, x8 electrically), 2 PCI Express Gen2 x16
External I/O ports
Front: 3 USB 2.0, 1 IEEE 1394a, 1 microphone in, 1 headphone out; Rear: 6 USB 2.0, 1 IEEE 1394a, 1 audio in, 1 audio out, 1 microphone in, 2 PS/2, 2 RJ-45 to integrated Gb LAN, 1 serial; Internal: 3 USB 2.0
Graphic card 01
Professional 2D: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 (256 MB); Entry 3D: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 (256 MB), ATI FirePro V3700 (256 MB), NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 (512 MB); Midrange 3D: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 (768 MB), ATI FirePro V5700 (512 MB); High-end 3D: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 (1 GB), ATI FirePro V7750 (1 GB), NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 (1.5 GB), NVIDIA Quadro CX (1.5 GB), NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 (4 GB). All cards are optional and are all PCI Express.
Display
HP LP1965 19-inch LCD Monitor, HP LP2275w 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor, HP LP2475w 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor, HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display (24-inch widescreen), HP LP3065 30-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor (all sold separately)
Network interface
Integrated dual Broadcom 5764, Infineon TPM 1.2 Controller, optional Broadcom NIC, optional Intel NIC