HP Z820 Workstation

[glorybound]

What makes this so expensive?

http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&ProductLin eId=433&FamilyId=3551&LowBaseId=30551&LowPrice=$1, 766.00&familyviewgroup=3328&viewtype=Matrix&jumpid =re_r2910_Z820_CTO/psgpromo/atlas/heasmith_workstations#

[Morne]

nevermind
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[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Branding...

[Syclone1]

we are running the Z820's at my office and they run V-Ray quite nicely but I do agree they are seriously overpriced esp concidering you can get off the shelf parts and build one yourself cheaper with better hardware.

[glorybound]

That link changed, The one I was linking was around $16,000. I see if I can't find it again.

[peterguthrie]

i've had a z820 for about a year.. dont really think they are worth the extra money, ok the case is compact (considering the alternatives), but i feel it runs too hot and noisy.

I recently got another one spec'd up with 2x e5-2690v2 and was quoted something completely ridiculous, the price came down considerably when i pointed out that they were charging £2500 per cpu, despite the fact that you can buy them as an end consumer for £1500 each in the UK. (this was via a reseller, but the mistake was by HP)

so after that experience i'm going with scan.co.uk for my next xeon based machine.

[elcabron]

Check this
http://www.3dws.net/products/#workstations

[rivoli]

the 128gb of memory alone are $10.000 in that configuration..

[glorybound]

I spec'd that one, too! What do you think wholesale is on that?

the 128gb of memory alone are $10.000 in that configuration..

[rivoli]

I guess around $3000, maybe less