HP Z2 Small Form Factor G8 and Z2 Tower G8 deliver professional power for remote workers

HP appear refreshes of its HP Z2 Small Form Factor (SFF) G8 and Z2 Tower G8 PCs. The PCs feature either Intel Xeon or Core vPro processors that can be paired with professional-level graphics. The Z2 SFF is available with up to NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 or AMD Radeon Pro WX3200 graphics. The Z2 Tower can come with up to NVIDIA RTX A5000 or AMD Radeon Pro W5700 graphics.

Both new PCs were announced at NVIDIA's GTC 2022. The HP Z2 SFF G8 is expected in May 2022 for a starting price of $1,169. The HP Z2 Tower G8 starts at $ane,179 and is besides expected in May 2022.

HP emphasized that as people continue to work remotely, they'll need to exist able to take powerful hardware anywhere. HP's vice president of Professional person Visualization at NVIDIA, Bob Pette, said,

Remote work is going to proceed, and employees will have a choice of where to work. The new NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPUs with Z past HP desktops will give employees the computing power they need to work from anywhere.

HP Z2 G8 Belfry Workstation HP Z2 Modest Class Factor G8 Workstation

HP Z2 G8 Belfry Workstation

Category	HP Z2 G8 Tower Workstation
Operating arrangement	Windows 10 Pro Windows x Home Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux ready
Processor	Up to Intel Cadre i9-11900K Up to Intel Xeon W-1390
Chipset	Intel W580
Maximum retention	128GB DDR4-3200
Internal storage	Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe
Graphics	Upwardly to AMD Radeon Pro W7500 Upwards to NVIDIA RTX A5000
Front ports	2x SuperSpeed USB-A (10Gbps), audio jack, 2x SuperSpeed USB-A (5Gbps)
Rear ports	Audio in, audio out, RJ-45, 2x DisplayPort 1.4, 2x SuperSpeed USB-A (10Gbps), one SuperSpeed USB-A (5Gbps)
Dimensions	14.half dozen" x 6.seven" x 15.two" (35.6 x xvi.9 x 38.5 cm)
Ability	350 Due west

HP Z2 Modest Course Factor G8 Workstation

Category	HP Z2 Minor Course Cistron G8 Workstation
Operating system	Windows x Pro Windows 10 Home Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux prepare
Processor	Upward to Intel Cadre i9-11900K Up to Intel Xeon W-1390
Chipset	Intel W580
Maximum retentiveness	128GB DDR4-3200
Internal storage	Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe
Graphics	Up to AMD Radeon Pro WX3200 Up to NVIDIA QUadro RTX 3000
Forepart ports	2x SuperSpeed USB-A (10Gbps), sound jack, 2x SuperSpeed USB-A (5Gbps), SuperSpeed USB-C (20Gbps)
Rear ports	Audio out, RJ-45, 2x DisplayPort 1.four, 2x SuperSpeed USB-A (10Gbps), 1 SuperSpeed USB-A (5Gbps), 2x USB-A (480Mbps)
Dimensions	xiii.three" 10 12.1" ten iii.95" (33.8 x 30.8 x x cm)
Ability	260 W

To help speed upwardly performance, the Z2 SFF G8 and Z2 Belfry G8 can be configured with Samsung'south recently announced PCIe Gen4 drives.

HP states that the Z2 SFF G8 is the world's fastest SFF workstation running Autodesk and SolidWorks applications. Since the Z2 SFF G8 tin can come with upwards to an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 GPU, people can get accelerated ray tracing and AI in its relatively small trunk.

The Z2 Belfry G8 is an entry-level workstation for professional creators. If y'all go with the highest-terminate specs on the Z2 Belfry, you'll be able to run multi-threaded applications while multitasking.

Both the Z2 SFF G8 and Z2 Tower G8 have tool-less admission, allowing you to add components or upgrade parts of the system over time. Every bit an example, HP highlights that y'all can add specialized PCIe cards to the PCs.

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