Comments on: Review: HP Z210 workstation http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/ Community for Entertainment Artists Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kevin http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-36802 Kevin Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:35:01 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-36802 Tommy,
Very nice review and I am so happy that I found your review. I am trying to find a system to support Photoshop CS6. Would Z210 be efficient?
Thanks..

]]> By: Tommy http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-33083 Tommy Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:24:56 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-33083 Jason, I’m looking for a computer with high performance to be able to render in programs such as 3ds max and Revit Architecture. I am currently looking at HPE h9-1270t series, and the spec are as following:
Processor: 2nd Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K six-core processor [3.2GHz, Shared 12MB Cache]
Memory : 16GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs]
Graphics card:3GB Nvidia GeForce GT640 [DVI, HDMI and VGA via adapter]
HeatSink: Liquid Cooling Solution

So, would this a better performance computer or should I go with Z210? or Z820?
I really don’t know much about PCs…

]]> By: Gerald http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-25158 Gerald Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:56:20 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-25158 First of all many thanks for Your great review, which is really very interesting to read!
My question to You: Do You know the size/ formfactor of the mainboard, I really have tried to find it out by my own, but couldn´t get the information. Kind regards from Vienna (Europe)

]]> By: Jason Lewis http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23885 Jason Lewis Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:34:51 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23885 To Mohammad: The high-end Geforce cards can be faster than a Quadro 2000, but Quadro Cards are certified to run your DCC apps with much higher stability, were a GeForce or Radeon Card will run DCC apps with moderate – high level of glitches and bugs depending on the program that you are using. With Pro Cards, you are paying for the stability & support, were as the consumer cards will run most DCC apps, but when you have problems, you usually won’t get any help from either the hardware or software vendors.

]]> By: Mohammad http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23679 Mohammad Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:29:34 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23679 so a geforce card is faster than quadro 2000 . so why buy a pro card when gaming card is faster ?

]]> By: Jason Lewis http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23416 Jason Lewis Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:40:49 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23416 To Danny: Hey Danny, sorry for the delay in responding. I have not looked at the Z420 yet, but the Z400 was a solid system, so I’m sure the Z420 will be at least as good if not better. I would sink a little extra money into the CPU and graphics card over the base specs. I’m not sure what the base specs are for the Z420, but if you can afford it, I would go with a 6-core CPU ( any speed 2.4 GHZ or over will be fine ) and either a FirePro V5900 or V7900, or an Nvidia Quadro 4000 or higher. Also, 8 GB of RAM should be the minimum these days for any serious CG projects. Hope this helps. Jason

]]> By: Yordan http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23348 Yordan Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:24:30 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23348 Thanks for the review. Can you give links to the 3ds max and v-ray benchmark scenes, so I can test my computer.

]]> By: Danny http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23102 Danny Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:02:37 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23102 Ok, I was looking at the hp z420 system soon to be released. Will a base model suffice or should I opt for a few upgrades?

]]> By: Jason Lewis http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23091 Jason Lewis Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:46:59 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23091 To Danny: The Z210 system should be a solid performer for your needs. It will tackle modeling, Photoshop / Illustrating just fine. Should handle video fine as well as long as you are remaining within the realm of regular HD resolutions ( 720p & 1080p ). If you are looking to work with 4k and up resolutions, you might want to consider something more high-end with a lot more RAM. The z210 will also perform with the best of stoack quad-core CPUs for rendering performance ( although it is a Xeon CPU, so no over-clocking options ), however, if rendering is going to be a main focus ( especially for print where the rendering need to be pretty high res, 4K and up ) you may want to consider spending a little more on either a system with a 6 – core chip, or perhaps one with a pair of slower Quad-core or 6-core CPUs. ( 2 quad-core CPUs running at let’s say 2.4 GHZ will render considerably faster than a single Quad-core running at 3.4 GHZ ) Hope this helps!

]]> By: Dewald http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/03/review-hp-z210-workstation/#comment-23072 Dewald Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:39:25 +0000 http://www.cgchannel.com/?p=33602#comment-23072 Thanks for the review. I would love to see the rendering performance of the AMD Opteron 6272 and 6274 espesially in a quad cpu setup.

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