Brief Overview

I had a chance to
review one of HP’s Z series workstations, the
HP z420 Workstation. The z420 Workstation is a mid-range workstation. It is a balance between price and performance and at the time of this writing is HP’s best-selling Workstation (per my interview with HP.) Here is a brief review going over the basics and hitting on what I felt were the most important points. If you want more detail and a look at my review process keep reading.
Main Specs
The HP z420 Workstation can come in a variety of hardware specifications. We will discuss those later. The unit I reviewed had the following major specs: