{"id":517,"date":"2020-08-14T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/?p=517"},"modified":"2021-10-28T21:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:02:41","slug":"hp-z-home-office-workstation-computer-lab-upgrade-2020-for-under-500-hp-z800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/2020\/08\/14\/hp-z-home-office-workstation-computer-lab-upgrade-2020-for-under-500-hp-z800\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Z Home Office Workstation \/ Computer Lab Upgrade 2020 for Under $500 \/ HP z800"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey, every one.  I decided to upgrade my Home Office Work Station \/ Computer Lab for 2020.  It was definitely time for an upgrade for productivity and down right sanity running some of these newer O.S.&#8217;s as bloated as they are.   The use cases would be as a DAW(Digital Audio Work Station),DVW(Digital Video Work Station), crypto trading box., along with image editing, etc..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to go with an HP z800 Work Station box for my upgrade path.  I know this a 9 year old system but I think it can still hang today in 2020 for what I need done. For under $500.   This thing is less then half the price of a HP z840 work station and should be perfectly capable for what I need done for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BUILD SPECS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HP z800 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6-Core 3.33GHz Intel Xeon &#8220;Westmere&#8221; X5680 [6-cores \/ 12-threads] x2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>48 GB DDR 3 Ram<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1TB mech HD<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Old ass AMD Firepro<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-9.jpeg 384w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-9-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I scored a Hp z800 with dual x5680 Cpu&#8217;s, 48 GB of Ram, 1TB mechanical Hard Drive, AMD Fire Pro for around $320 on Ebay . Well under $500 for a home office \/ computer lab upgrade in 2020.  I also bought Dual 19&#8243; NEC monitors for $50 with cabling.  Sniped a Nividia Tesla M 2075 6GB GPU accelerator card for $30 and a dual monitor stand too.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the x5680&#8217;s 6 core x2 @ 3.4 ghz , as far as i know this is the second fastest processor for this socket.  The x5690&#8217;s having a much higher premium.  With a modern video card and possibly a GPU accelerator [NVIDIA M2075] card this thing should still be a beast for a while to come in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got the old Nvidia M2075 just because.  i also wanted to play around with GPU acceleration a little before i plunked down some serious coin on something more modern.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-7.jpeg\" alt=\"z800, z 800, HP z, HP, z , 2020, office build, Home office, Small business office, HP pron, computer porn, HP porn, Computer pron\" class=\"wp-image-540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-7.jpeg 384w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-7-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These things are built like a tank and mine still had all the shrouding inside.  I have a few older 120gb SSD&#8217;s I have to dig up that I will most likely use for the boot drive and use the 1 TB mechanical drive for storage.   For now though I just installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu Studio in a dual boot configuration with GRUB on the mechanical HD to get this thing up and running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-6-1.jpeg\" alt=\"z800, z 800, HP z, HP, z , 2020, office build, Home office, Small business office, HP pron, computer porn, HP porn, Computer pron\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-6-1.jpeg 384w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-6-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are tons of benchmarks in various configurations for this HP Z800.  So, I&#8217;m just giving my impressions.  I might do some actual benchmarks when I get this thing configured how I want it [NIVIDA MAXIMUS BUILD lol]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-5.jpeg\" alt=\"z800, z 800, HP z, HP, z , 2020, office build, Home office, Small business office, HP pron, computer porn, HP porn, Computer pron\" class=\"wp-image-538\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-5.jpeg 512w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70ff24de12a85db0a00c53a0b1e83a2eb5dc1fd8-5-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Ubuntu Studio runs decently fast enough.  As I&#8217;ve said previously all consumer level OS&#8217;s seem to be getting so bloated now though.  Thought Ubuntu Studio would boot a little faster, but  It&#8217;s understandable, though in this case.  With the mechanical HD.  There are just so many preinstalled software \/ apps in Ubuntu Studio: for Digital Audio Editing  \/ creation, digital video (DV) editing, image editing (GIMP), 3d modeling (Blender ), etc..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once initialized and running Ubuntu Studio is decently quick.  Again There would be much improvement with a SSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly why even use Windows any more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do have Windows 10  installed though, as mentioned previously.  I do use 3d studio maxx and Maya some times.  Also Space Engineers is a pretty cool game.  Windows 10 ran well for a minute.  I needed to update .net  so I did that.  Then I was prompted for a restart , which I did.  Then half an hour later watching a blue screen with spinning white dots.  Windows finally updated itself,  I think.  Gee, Microsoft I hope people arent actually trying to get work done on Windows anymore..  I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s semi sandboxed as I have it in &#8220;airplane mode&#8221; now. To not have internet access to endlessly update itself and run my computer hot all night. Also theres no built in WIFI in the Z800 ( Big +) that I know of.  So, I can always just firewall it from the internet if I ever (Big Mistake) wanted to let Windows on the internet again.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Editors Note: So hey,  why not use the Tesla M2075 GPU accelerator for one x16 slot and a Quadro 6000 for the other?  Turn the thing into a vintage circa 2011 Nvidia Maximus build?  That&#8217;s down the road though some what and another story all together.   I might just get a more modern GPU accelerator like a k40 for cheap in a few. ] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HP Z Home Office \/ Computer Lab Upgrade 2020 for Under $500 HP Z 800<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TAG CLOUD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>z800, z 800, HP z, HP, z , 2020, office build, Home office, Small business office, HP pron, computer porn, HP porn, Computer pron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, every one. I decided to upgrade my Home Office Work Station \/ Computer Lab for 2020. It was definitely time for an upgrade for productivity and down right sanity running some of these newer O.S.&#8217;s as bloated as they are. The use cases would be as a DAW(Digital Audio Work Station),DVW(Digital Video Work Station), crypto trading box., along with image editing, etc.. I decided to go with an HP z800 Work Station box for my upgrade path. 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