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HP Z420 Workstation Product Specifications

Product description
Product features
Technical specifications
Electrical specifications
Physical specifications
Software/OS
Environmental specifications
Safety certifications
Warranty information

Product description

The HP Z420 gives us professional expandability in an accessible tool-free mini-tower form factor all at a great price. With up to 8 discrete processing cores, the latest processing and I/O power from Intel, and the latest graphics technology from leading graphics providers, the HP Z420 has the power needed to get the job done.

Product features

Feature
Description
Chipset
Intel C602 chipset
Form Factor
Convertible minitower
Color
Jack black
Convertibility
Yes. 5.25-inch drives rotate for Minitower or Desktop orientation.
Internal bays
3 internal 3.5-inch bays (with acoustic dampening rail assemblies pre-installed)
External bays
3 external 5.25-inch bays
Front I/O
  • 2 USB 3.0
  • 1 USB 2.0
  • 1 Headphone
  • 1 Microphone
  • 1 IEEE 1394a standard
Rear I/O
  • 1 IEEE 1394a port
  • 2 USB 3.0
  • 4 USB 2.0
  • 2 PS/2
  • RJ-45 (NIC)
  • 1 Audio Line-In
  • 1 Audio Line-Out
  • 1 Microphone
Internal I/O
6 USB 2.0 ports

Technical specifications

Specification
Description
System board Form Factor
ATX 24.384 x 30.48 cm (9.6 x 12 in)
Processor socket
Single LGA2011
CPU bus speed
QPI: Up to 8.0 GT/s
Chipset
Intel C602
Super I/O controller
Nuvoton NPCD379H (SIO-12)
Memory expansion slots
8 DDR3 memory slots
Memory type supported
DDR3, UDIMM (Unbuffered), ECC
Memory modes
Channel interleaved
Memory speed supported
1066-MHz, 1333-MHz, and 1600-MHz DDR3
Interfaces supported
  • SATA
  • Integrated RAID
Maximum memory
Supports up to 64GB

Electrical specifications

Specification
Description
Power supply
600 W 90% Efficient, Custom PSU
Operating voltage range
90-269 V ac

Physical specifications

Specification
Description
Chassis dimensions (H x W x D)
  • Standard minitower orientation: 44.76 x 17.78 x 44.52 cm (17.6 x 7.0 x 17.5 in)
  • Converted desktop orientation: 17.9 x 44.76 x 44.52 cm (7.0 x 17.6 x 17.5 in)
Weight
  • Minimum: 12.5 kg (27.5 lbs)
  • Standard: 13.2 kg (29.2 lbs)
  • Maximum: 17.7 kg (39 lbs)

Software/OS

Feature
Description
Operating Systems1
  • Genuine Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
  • Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
  • Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation - Paper License (1 year)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
  • HP Linux Installer Kit
Software2
  • HP Performance Advisor
  • HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) V5
  • HP ProtectTools Security
  • MS Office Home & Business 2010
  • HP Power Assistant
  • Roxio Easy Media Creator (DVD/Blu-ray Disc burner software)
  • Intervideo WinDVD (DVD player/burner software)
  • PDF Complete - Trial Edition
note:
1: Supports both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise, Windows XP Professional and Enterprise, and RHEL V6.
2: This second OS must be ordered with the HP Linux Installer Kit as the first OS.

Environmental specifications

Specification
Description
Temperature
  • Operating: 5° to 35°C (40° to 95°F)
  • Non-operating: -40° to 60°C (-40° to 140°F)
Humidity
  • Operating: 8% to 85%
  • Non-operating: 8% to 90%
Maximum altitude (non-pressurized)
  • Operating: 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
  • Non-operating: 9,144 m (30,000 ft)
Dynamic shock1
  • Operating: Half-sine: 40 g, 2-3 ms
  • Non-operating:
    • Half-sine: 160 cm/s, 2-3 ms (upto 100 g)   
    • Square: 422 cm/s, 20 g
Dynamic vibration2
  • Operating: 0.5 g (rms), 5-300 Hz
  • Non-operating: 2.0 g (rms), 10-500 Hz
Cooling
Above 1524 m (5,000 ft) altitude, maximum operating temperature is de-rated by 1°C (1.8°F) per 305 m (1,000 ft) elevation increase.
note:
1: Values represent individual shock events and do not indicate repetitive shock events.
2: Values represent individual shock events and do not indicate repetitive shock events. Values do not indicate continuous vibration.

Safety certifications

Feature
Description
Eco-label certifications and declarations
  • Energy Star (Configuration dependent, Microsoft Windows only)
  • United States Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
  • China Energy Conservation Program
  • IT ECO declaration
  • Japan PC Green Label

Warranty information

Terms of warranty apply to the individual model purchased. To see if your HP product is still in warranty, go to the HP Product Warranty Check page.

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