HP Z840 (WorkStation)

HP Z840 (WorkStation)



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Experience expansion like you never dreamed possible. With 7 PCIe slots, up to 10 internal drive bays, and 16 memory slots supporting up to 1TB of memory2 the HP Z840 can do it all. Maximize your time and increase your capabilities with built-in USB, SATA and SAS ports. Set a new performance curve and reduce boot up, calculation, and graphics response times and revolutionize how you handles large files with the HP Z Turbo Drive4. And thanks to Thunderbolt™ technology, you'll transfer data at lightning-fast speeds with the ability to connect to high-resolution displays and high-performance data devices over a single Thunderbolt™ cable. Ready to get going?
And keep going
Reach your goals. The sleek and sturdy HP Z840 Workstation features uncompromised reliability, a tool-less chassis to facilitate upgrades, a lockable side panel to secure your valuable components and data, and handles to easily move the system around. The system’s elegant industrial design also boasts low acoustics, dual integrated Gb Ethernet, and aluminum panels. And this deskside powerhouse is also 5U rack mountable.

And now experience overwhelming silence with the new HP Z Cooler for the HP Z840 Workstation. This innovative, ultra-quiet cooling solution has been designed to reduce system noise in your HP Z Workstation environment so you can focus on your project, even under the most demanding workloads.
Form Factor
Rackable tower
Available Operating Systems1,2,3,4,15
Windows 10 Pro 64
Windows 10 Home 64
Windows 8.1 Pro 64
Windows 8.1 Single Language 64
Windows 7 Professional 64 (available through downgrade rights from Windows 10 Pro 64)
Windows 7 Professional 64 (available through downgrade rights from Windows 8.1 Pro 64)
Windows 7 Professional 64
Ubuntu Linux 64
HP Installer Kit for Linux®
(HP Linux Installer Kit includes drivers for 64-bit versions of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6.7 and 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 and Ubuntu 14.04. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (1-year paper license only) is available as a second operating system.) 
Processor Family
Intel® Xeon® E5 2600 v4 processor; Intel® Xeon® E5 2600 v3 processor
Processors5,6
Intel® Xeon® E5-2699 v4 (2.2 GHz, 55 MB cache, 22 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2697 v4 (2.3 GHz, 45 MB cache, 18 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2695 v4 (2.1 GHz, 45 MB cache, 18 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 v4 (2.6 GHz, 35 MB cache, 14 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2683 v4 (2.1 GHz, 40 MB cache, 16 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2680 v4 (2.4 GHz, 35 MB cache, 14 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2667 v4 (3.2 GHz, 25 MB cache, 8 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2660 v4 (2 GHz, 35 MB cache, 14 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2650 v4 (2.2 GHz, 30 MB cache, 12 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 v4 (3.4 GHz, 20 MB cache, 6 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2640 v4 (2.4 GHz, 25 MB cache, 10 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2637 v4 (3.5 GHz, 15 MB cache, 4 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 v4 (2.2 GHz, 25 MB cache, 10 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2623 v4 (2.6 GHz, 10 MB cache, 4 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v4 (2.1 GHz, 20 MB cache, 8 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2609 v4 (1.7 GHz, 20 MB cache, 8 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2603 v4 (1.7 GHz, 15 MB cache, 6 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2699 v3 (2.3 GHz, 45 MB cache, 18 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2697 v3 (2.6 GHz, 35 MB cache, 14 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2695 v3 (2.3 GHz, 35 MB cache, 14 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 v3 (2.6 GHz, 30 MB cache, 12 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2687W v3 (3.1 GHz, 25 MB cache, 10 cores, Intel® vPro);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2683 v3 (2.0 GHz, 35 MB cache, 14 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2680 v3 (2.5 GHz, 30 MB cache, 12 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2670 v3 (2.3 GHz, 30 MB cache, 12 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2667 v3 (3.2 GHz, 20 MB cache, 8 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2660 v3 (2.6 GHz, 25 MB cache, 10 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2650 v3 (2.3 GHz, 25 MB cache, 10 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 v3 (3.4 GHz, 20 MB cache, 6 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2640 v3 (2.6 GHz, 20 MB cache, 8 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2637 v3 (3.5 GHz, 15 MB cache, 4 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 v3 (2.4 GHz, 20 MB cache, 8 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2623 v3 (3.0 GHz, 10 MB cache, 4 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v3 (2.4 GHz, 15 MB cache, 6 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2609 v3 (1.9 GHz, 15 MB cache, 6 cores, Intel® vPro™);
Intel® Xeon® E5-2603 v3 (1.6 GHz, 15 MB cache, 6 cores, Intel® vPro™); 
Chipset
Intel® C612
Memory10
1TB DDR4-2400 ECC registered SDRAM
(Transfer rates up to 2400 MT/s. Registered and load-reduced DIMMs may not be mixed.)
Maximum of 1 TB ECC load-reduced memory when 64 GB DIMMs used
8 DIMM (with 1 processor) and 16 DIMM (with 2 processors)
Internal Storage7
300 GB up to 1.2 TB SAS (10000 rpm)
500 GB up to 4 TB SATA (7200 rpm)
500 GB SATA SED (7200 rpm)
128 GB up to 1 TB SATA SSD
256 GB up to 512 GB SATA SED SSD
1 TB (8 GB cache) SATA SSHD
256 GB up to 512 GB HP Z Turbo Drive (PCIe SSD)
256 GB up to 1 TB HP Z Turbo Drive G2 (PCIe SSD)
512 GB (2 x 256 GB) up to 2 TB (4 x 512 GB) HP Z Turbo Quad Pro (PCIe SSD) 
Optical Storage8,9
Slim SATA DVD-ROM; Slim SATA SuperMulti DVD writer; Slim SATA BDXL Blu-ray writer
Additional Storage
15-in-1 media card reader (optional) HP DX115 Removable HDD Frame/Carrier (optional)
Available Graphics
Professional 2D: NVIDIA® NVS™ 310 (1 GB); NVIDIA® NVS™ 315 (1 GB); NVIDIA® NVS™ 510 (2 GB)
Entry 3D: NVIDIA® Quadro® K420 (2 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® K620 (2 GB); AMD FirePro™ W2100 (2 GB)
Mid-range 3D: AMD FirePro™ W5100 (4 GB); AMD FirePro™ W4300 (4 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® K1200 (4 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® K2200 (4 GB)
High-end 3D: NVIDIA® Quadro® K4200 (4 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® K5200 (8 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® M4000 (8 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® M5000 (8 GB); NVIDIA® Quadro® K6000 (12 GB); AMD FirePro™ W7100 (8 GB)
High performance GPU computing: NVIDIA® Tesla® K40 
I/O Controller
HP IEEE 1394b FireWire PCIe (optional) HP Thunderbolt™ 2 PCIe 1-port I/O Card (optional)
Audio
Integrated IDT 92HD94 audio
Communications 11
Integrated Intel® I210AT PCIe GbE; Integrated Intel® I218LM PCIe GbE; Intel® I210-T1 PCIe GbE (optional); HP X540-T2 10 GbE Dual Port Adapter (optional); HP X520 10 GbE Dual Port Adapter (optional); HP 10 GbE SFP+SR Transceiver (optional); HP 361T PCIe Dual Port Gigabit NIC (optional); Intel® 7260 802.11 a/b/g/n PCIe WLAN (optional);
Expansion Slots
2 PCIe Gen3 x16; 1 PCIe Gen3 x16 (when 2nd CPU installed); 1 PCIe Gen2 x4 (when 1 CPU installed) OR PCIe Gen3 x8 (when 2nd CPU installed); 1 PCIe Gen3 x8; 1 PCIe Gen3 x4; 1 PCIe Gen2 x1; 1 PCIe Gen2 x 4 when 1 CPU is installed; transforms to PCIe Gen3 x8 when 2nd CPU installed. The PCIe x8 connectors are open ended, allowing a PCIe x16 card to be seated in the slot.
Ports and Connectors
Front: 4 USB 3.0; 1 combo headset; 1 microphone
Rear: 4 USB 3.0; 2 USB 2.0; 1 serial; 2 PS/2; 2 RJ-45; 1 audio line in; 1 audio line out
Internal: 2 USB 2.0; 1 USB 3.0
Internal USB 2.0 available by the 2x5 header. Internal USB 3.0 available by a shrouded 9-pin connector.
Drive Bays (Internal)
Four 3.5"
Drive Bays (External)
Two 5.25"; One slim ODD
Input Devices12
HP USB SmartCard Keyboard; HP 2.4 GHz Wireless Keyboard & Mouse; HP PS/2 Keyboard; HP USB Keyboard; HP USB Optical 3-Button Mouse; HP PS/2 Mouse; HP USB Optical Mouse; HP USB 1000 dpi Laser Mouse; HP SpaceExplorer 3D USB Controller; HP SpacePilot Pro 3D USB Intelligent Controller; 3Dconnexion CADMouse
Software14
HP Performance Advisor; HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS); Cyberlink Media Suite & PowerDVD; Foxit PhantomPDF Express; Buy Office
Security12
HP Chassis Intrusion Sensor; TPM 1.2 certified
Power
850 W 88% efficient, wide-ranging, active PFC; 1125 W 90% efficient, wide-ranging, active PFC
Dimensions (H x W x D)
8 x 20.7 x 17.5 in
20.3 x 52.5 x 44.4 cm
Weight
46.7 lb
21.1 kg
(Exact weight depends upon configuration.)
Environmental Specifications13
Low halogen
Energy Efficiency Compliance14
ENERGY STAR® certified and EPEAT® registered configurations available
Compatible Displays
All HP Z Displays and HP DreamColor Displays are supported. For more information see www.hp.com/go/zdisplays
Warranty
Protected by HP Services, including a limited 3 years parts, 3 years labor, and 3 years onsite service (3/3/3) standard warranty. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.