I've had the Z8G4 for a couple of years--it's solid. I do mostly HD broadcast work, but we shoot UHD, and it handles the material smoothly. I picked mine up through HP Remarketing at an excellent price, which also allowed me to get the 3/3/3 support. One thing I have appreciated is the expandability. That allowed me to stay on budget for the initial purchase, and keep building out as necessary down the line. I've added more RAM each year.
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 8:53 AM Secret HQ <Greg@secrethq.com> wrote:
I watched The HP remarketing list for a couple months, and the z8s were either sold immediately or were so loaded that the price was still out of my budget.
eventually bought a Lenovo p620 to replace my trusty but forced-to-retire Mac Pro cheesgrater. No 'huge' projects yet, but so far, amazingly fast, quiet, and reliable.
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> On Jun 22, 2021, at 05:15, JBeck via groups.io <jb30343=windstream.net@groups.io> wrote:
>
> Just changed from a Z820 to a z8. It's a little hard for me to make a
> direct comparison since the workstation swap was accompanied by a change
> from Nitris DX to Artist DNxIQ and a big jump in MC versions. I've
> found nothing to hate about the Z8. It's fast and I think it's a little
> quieter than the Z820. Might take a while to get used to the way it
> looks but the same could be said about me. --J.B.
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> Karl Knowles wrote:
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>> Lately most of the work I've been doing is corporate long-form HD. A
>> recent influx of projects requiring a lot of post-processing reminded
>> me of how dated the Z820 is.
>>
>> I've been pondering an upgrade to a Z8 G4, mildly tuned for 4K work.
>> They've been out long enough for lease returns to be available at
>> reasonable prices, and even ordering a moderately spec'd new unit from
>> HP is within the budget.
>>
>> HP workstations have been reliable workhorses for me since the first
>> days of Adrenaline. However, I'm not adverse to considering a Dell
>> workstation, I just don't have any experience with the desktops, only
>> their portable workstations (which has been good).
>>
>> I'm curious to hear if anyone has gone with the Z8 and if so what your
>> thoughts and experiences were.
>>
>> If anyone found Dell desktop workstations to be exceptionally solid
>> performers please chime in.
>>
>> Cheers and TIA!
>>
>> Karl Knowles
>>
>> Tallahassee, FL
>>
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