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HP Z220 Workstations
HP Z220 Workstations
MORE POWER. LESS ENERGY.
STILL AFFORDABLE.
Our most affordable, no-compromise workstations. The HP Z220 series delivers workstation performance and energy efficiency at prices you’d expect from a desktop PC. You’ll get the power you need with next-generation Intel® Xeon® and Intel® Core™ processors, four integrated USB 3.0 ports, new professional graphics options, and enterprise-class memory technologies. Available as a Convertible Minitower (CMT) or a Small Form Factor (SFF), HP offers the design that fits you best. Get to Know HP Workstations.
HP workstations are designed for professionals using complex datasets and intricate 3D models. We set the standard for innovation, performance and reliability.
The HP Workstation Graphics Difference
100,000 hours of testing per year, simulating real-world customer workloads as well as stress tests that far exceed typical usage, translate into higher quality drivers that customers trust. Strong relationships with NVIDIA, AMD and Intel help us quickly resolve any issues. That’s how we give you the HP Workstations graphics cards that feature optimized thermal and power design, wide-ranging application certification, and a full three-year limited warranty.
Available Graphics
HP Z220 CMT
High-End 3D
AMD FirePro® W7000 (AMO only)
AMD FirePro® V7900 (AMO only)
NVIDIA Quadro K4000 (AMO only)
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 (AMO only)
Mid-Range 3D
NVIDIA Quadro K2000
NVIDIA Quadro 2000
Entry-Level 3D
AMD FirePro® V3900
NVIDIA Quadro K600
NVIDIA Quadro 600
NVIDIA Quadro 410
Professional 3D
NVIDIA NVS 510
NVIDIA NVS 310
NVIDIA NVS 300
Integrated Graphics
Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000/P4000
HP Z220 SFF
Entry-Level 3D
NVIDIA Quadro K600
NVIDIA Quadro 600
NVIDIA Quadro 410
AMD FirePro® V3900
Professional 3D
NVIDIA NVS 510
NVIDIA NVS 310
NVIDIA NVS 300
Integrated Graphics
Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000/P4000
Whole-system engineering allows the processor, memory, graphics, operating system and applications to work together seamlessly to deliver maximum performance.
Up to 30% Faster Rendering Performance
LightWave HP Z400 vs. HP Z420


This chart compares an HP Z420 Workstation running an Intel® Xeon® E5-1620 3.60 GHz Quad-core processor to an HP Z400 running an Intel® Xeon(R) W3565 3.20 GHz quad-core processor.3,4,5 All systems are running the Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit operating system. Testing is based on SPECapc benchmark.
Get More Autodesk® Maya® Performance
Autodesk® Maya® 2009 HP Z400 vs. HP Z420


This chart compares an HP Z420 Workstation running an Intel® Xeon® E5-1620 3.60 GHz Quad-core processor to an HP Z400 running an Intel® Xeon® W3565 3.20 GHz quad-core processor3,4,5. All systems are running the Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit operating system. Testing is based on SPECapc benchmark.
Up to 18% Pro/E Performance Improvement*
Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire 2.0 HP Z400 vs. HP Z420


This chart compares an HP Z420 Workstation running an Intel® Xeon® E5-1620 3.60 GHz Quad-core processor to an HP Z400 running an Intel® Xeon® W3565 3.20 GHz quad-core processor3,4,5. All systems are running the Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit operating system. Testing is based on SPECapc benchmark.
- Form Factor
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- Convertible Minitower
- Small Form Factor
- Available Operating Systems
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- Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
- Windows 8 (China) 64-bit
- Windows 7 Professional 32/64
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- HP Linux Installer Kit
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (90 day license)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop/Workstation (1 year paper license only)
- Available Processors1,2,3
- 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 Processors and Intel® Xeon® Processors E3-1200v2 family
- Chipset
- Intel® C216 Chipset
- Memory5
- 4 DIMM slots, up to 32 GB ECC/non-ECC, DDR3 1600 MHz
- Storage8
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CMT
- Integrated SATA Controller, RAID 0, 1, supported: 4 ports 3 Gb/s, 2 ports 6 Gb/s
- Up to (3) 2.5-inch 7.2K rpm SATA drives: 250, 500 GB, 1, 2 TB (6 TB max)
- Up to (3) 2.5-inch 10K rpm SATA drives: 250, 500 GB, 1 TB (3 TB max)
- Up to (3) 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives: 128, 160, 256, 300 GB (0.9 TB max)
- Up to (1) 2.5-inch SATA self-encrypting solid state boot drive (SED SSD): 256 GB, 256 GB Max
- Integrated SATA Controller, RAID 0, 1, supported: 2 ports 3 Gb/s, 2 ports 6 Gb/s
- Up to (2) 2.5-inch 7.2K rpm SATA drives: 250, 500 GB, 1, 2 TB (4 TB max)
- Up to (2) 2.5-inch 10K rpm SATA drives: 250, 500 GB, 1 TB (2 TB max)
- Up to (2) 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives: 128, 160, 256, 300 GB (0.6 TB max)
- Up to (1) 2.5-inch SATA self-encrypting solid state boot drive (SED SSD): 256 GB, 256 GB Max
- Optical Storage9
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- DVD-ROM
- DVD+/– RW DL Super Multi
- HP Blu-Ray Writer
- HP 22-in-1 Media Card Reader
- Drive Bays
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CMT
- 3 external 5.25-inch bays
- 3 internal 3.5-inch HDD bays
- 1 internal 3.5-inch bay and 1 shared with external 3.5-inch bay
- 1 external 5.25-inch bay
- Expansion Slots
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CMT
- 1 PCIe Gen3 x16
- 1 PCIe Gen2 x4 / x16 connector
- 1 PCIe Gen2 x4 / x8 connector
- 2 PCIe Gen2 x1
- 2 PCI
- 1 PCIe Gen3 x16
- 1 PCIe Gen2 x4 / x16 connector
- 2 PCIe Gen2 x1
- 1 PCI
- All slots are low profile
- Available Graphics
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CMT
- Intel® HD Graphics 2500 (Intel® Core™ i3 -3xxx and Core™ i5-3xxx processors)
- Intel® HD Graphics 4000 (Intel® Core™ i7 -3770 processor)
- Intel® HD Graphics P4000 (Intel® Xeon® E3-12x5v2 processors)
- NVIDIA NVS 300
- NVIDIA NVS 310
- NVIDIA NVS 510
- AMD FirePro® V3900
- NVIDIA Quadro 410
- NVIDIA Quadro 600
- NVIDIA Quadro K600
- NVIDIA Quadro 2000
- NVIDIA Quadro K2000
- AMD FirePro® V7900 (AMO only)
- AMD FirePro® W7000 (AMO only)
- NVIDIA Quadro 4000 (AMO only)
- NVIDIA Quadro K4000 (AMO only)
- Intel® HD Graphics 2500 (Intel® Core™ i3 -3xxx and Core™ i5-3xxx processors)
- Intel® HD Graphics 4000 (Intel® Core™ i7 -3770 processor)
- Intel® HD Graphics P4000 (Intel® Xeon® E3-12x5vs2 processors)
- NVIDIA NVS 300
- NVIDIA NVS 310
- NVIDIA NVS 510
- AMD FirePro® V3900
- NVIDIA Quadro 410
- NVIDIA Quadro 600
- NVIDIA Quadro K600
- Audio
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CMT
- High Definition Integrated Realtek ALC221 Audio and integrated speaker, Optional Creative Reon 3D PCIe Audio Card; Optional HP Thin USB Powered Speakers
- High Definition Integrated Realtek ALC221 Audio and integrated speaker, Optional HP Thin USB Powered Speakers
- Network
- Intel 82579 GbE (Intel® vPro™ with Intel® AMT 8.0)
- Ports
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CMT
- FRONT:
2 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0, 1 IEEE 1394a (optional with PCIe card), 1 microphone in, 1 headphone out - REAR:
2 USB 3.0, 4 USB 2.0, 1 audio in, 1 audio out, 1 microphone in, 1 DVI-I single link and 1 DisplayPort (for use with Intel HD Graphics), 2 PS/2, RJ-45 (NIC) - OPTIONAL:
1 serial, 1 parallel, 2 rear IEEE 1394b (PCIe card) - INTERNAL:
5 USB 2.0
- FRONT:
4 USB 2.0, 1 microphone in, 1 headphone out - REAR:
4 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, 1 audio in, 1 audio out, 1 standard, 2 PS/2, RJ-45 (NIC), 1 VGA and 1 DisplayPort (for use with Intel HD Graphics) - OPTIONAL:
1 serial, 1 parallel, 2 rear IEEE 1394b (PCIe card) - INTERNAL:
4 USB 2.0
- FRONT:
- Input Devices
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- HP PS/2 keyboard
- HP USB keyboard
- HP USB CCID Smart Card Keyboard
- HP PS/2 mouse
- HP USB optical mouse
- HP USB 3-button optical mouse
- USB SpaceExplorer
- USB SpacePilot
- USB Laser Mouse
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
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CMT
- 17.6 x 7.0 x 17.9 in (44.76 x 17.78 x 45.43 cm)
- 3.95 x 13.3 x 15.0 in (10.0 x 33.8 x 38.1 cm)
- Power Supply
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CMT
- 400-Watt 90% efficient
- 240-Watt 90% efficient
- Recommended Monitors
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- HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display (24-inch diagonal widescreen)
- HP ZR30w 30-inch S-IPS LCD Monitor
- HP ZR2740w 27-inch LED Backlit IPS Monitor
- HP ZR2440w 24-inch LED Backlit IPS Monitor
- HP LP2475w 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
- HP ZR2240w 21.5-inch LED Backlit IPS Monitor
- HP ZR2040w 20-inch LED Backlit IPS Monitor
- Warranty7
- Limited three-year Mon-Fri 8-5 next business day, parts, labor and 24x7 phone support, terms and conditions may vary. One-year warranty option available in selected countries.
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Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, Core Inside, and Ultrabook are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
- Multi-Core technologies are designed to improve performance of multithreaded software products and hardware-aware multitasking operating systems and may require appropriate operating system software for full benefits; not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of these technologies.
- 64-bit computing on Intel® architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel® 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. See http://www.intel.com/info/em64t for more information.
- Intel’s numbering is not a measurement of higher performance.
- Requires a 2nd gen Intel® Core™ processor, enabled chipset, Intel Rapid Storage technology software, and a properly configured hybrid drive (HDD + small SSD). Intel Smart Response Technology is sold as an optional feature and is only available on HP’s 2012 Workstations, HP EliteBooks and HP UltraBook. Depending on system configuration, your results may vary.
- Each processor supports up to 2 channels of DDR3 memory. To realize full performance at least 1 DIMM must be inserted into each channel.
- This product is low halogen except for power cords, cables and peripherals, as well as the following customer-configurable internal components: 3 ½" SAS HDDs, LSI 9260-8i SAS 6Gb/s ROC RAID Card, Creative Recon3D PCIe Audio Card, Liquid Cooling Solution and Broadcom 5761 Gigabit PCIe NIC are not Low Halogen. Service parts obtained after purchase may not be Low Halogen.
- HP Care Pack Services extend service contracts beyond the standard warranties. Service starts from date of hardware purchase. To choose the right level of service for your HP product, use the HP Care Pack Services Lookup Tool at http://www.hp.com/go/lookuptool. Additional HP Care Pack Services information by product is available at http://www.hp.com/go/carepack. Service levels and response times for HP Care Packs may vary depending on your geographic location.
- SATA hardware RAID is not supported on Linux systems. The Linux kernel, with built-in software RAID, provides excellent functionality and performance. It is a good alternative to hardware-based RAID. Please visit http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00060684/c00060684.pdf for RAID capabilities with Linux.
- Actual speeds may vary. Does not permit copying of commercially available DVD movies or other copyright protected materials. Intended for creation and storage of your original material and other lawful uses. Double Layer discs can store more data than single layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not be compatible with many existing single-layer DVD drives and players. As Blu-ray is a new format containing new technologies, certain disc, digital connection, compatibility and/or performance issues may arise, and do not constitute defects in the product. Flawless playback on all systems is not guaranteed. In order for some Blu-ray titles to play, they may require a DVI or HDMI digital connection and your display may require HDCP support. HD DVD movies cannot be played on this workstation.