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Cracking Open the HP Z820 Workstation

By · December 7, 2012, 4:35 AM PST · billdetwiler

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  • HP Z820 Workstation teardown

    Designed for mission-critical, high-end computing tasks, the HP Z820 Workstation is one of the most power computers you can fit under your desk. In this gallery, I show you how HP packed all that tech into a near tool-less case.

    For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and video, HP Z820 Workstation: Tool-less case makes teardown a snap.

    Photo by: Bill Detwiler / TechRepublic
    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Hardware specifications, dimensions, and pricing

    Pricing starts at $2,299 (US), but the final cost depends heavily on how you configure the machine--512GB of RAM isn't cheap.

    Our test unit had two 2.0 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2620 processors with liquid cooling, two NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB graphics cards, 32GB DDR3-1600 (16x2GB), a 500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD, and a 16X SuperMulti DVDRW SATA optical drive.

    Photo by: Bill Detwiler / TechRepublic
    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Front

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Rear ports

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Top handles

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Holding a handle

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Bottom skids

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Side panel latch

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Side panel latch key

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Opening the case

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Motherboard diagram on side panel

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Memory installation diagram on side panel

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Internal hardware

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Removing the power supply unit (PSU)

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: 1,150W power supply

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Power supply cooling fans

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: I/O section shroud

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Removing the I/O section shroud

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: I/O section shroud removed

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Graphics cards and expansion slots in the I/O section

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Motherboard and memory cooling assembly in the case

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Removing the motherboard and memory cooling assembly

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Motherboard and memory cooling assembly removed

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Motherboard and memory cooling assembly (six separate fans)

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Removing the HDD rails

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Storage rails removed

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Optical and upper drive bay latch

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Disconnecting the optical drive cables

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Releasing the optical drive and upper drive bay latch

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Sliding out the optical drive and empty drive bays

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Optical drive and upper drive bays removed

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Removing the graphics cards

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: NVIDIA Quadro 4000 video cards

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Removing the I/O cooling zone fans

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: I/O cooling zone fans removed

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: I/O cooling zone fans

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Motherboard, processors, memory, cables and a near empty case

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: 2.00Ghz Intel Xeon E5-2620 processors

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: HP Liquid Cooling Solution

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Four memory banks (up to 512GB of RAM)

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Expansion slots

  • Cracking Open HP Z820 Workstation: Completely disassembled

HP Z820 Workstation teardown

Designed for mission-critical, high-end computing tasks, the HP Z820 Workstation is one of the most power computers you can fit under your desk. In this gallery, I show you how HP packed all that tech into a near tool-less case.

For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and video, HP Z820 Workstation: Tool-less case makes teardown a snap.

Photo by: Bill Detwiler / TechRepublic
Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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By Bill Detwiler

Bill Detwiler is Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop support specialist in the ...