HP Z2 Mini

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Pros:

Small, beautifully designed, lots of purchase options, tremendous technical detail available, can drive four 4K displays, supports Xeon CPUs, easy open lid, supports up to 32 GB RAM, boot SSD on M.2 bus, also certified for selected Linux OSes, certified f...
Small footprint with multiple creative mounting options, Affordable pricing, even when fully decked out, Outperformed larger workstations on some benchmarks

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Maximum RAM is 32 GB
Only one dedicated graphics card option

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Last revision on August 2, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Small, beautifully designed, lots of purchase options, tremendous technical detail available, can drive four 4K displays, supports Xeon CPUs, easy open lid, supports up to 32 GB RAM, boot SSD on M.2 bus, also certified for selected Linux OSes, certified f
Small footprint with multiple creative mounting options, Affordable pricing, even when fully decked out, Outperformed larger workstations on some benchmarks

Reviewers Didn't Like

Maximum RAM is 32 GB
Only one dedicated graphics card option

Expert reviews and ratings

The Z2 Mini is a very interesting workstation if you are looking for a compact, reliable PC. The performance level is of course not as high compared to the high-end models. It is a device mainly aimed at not so heavy tasks. Examples include making CAD...

By uk.hardware.info on July 12, 2017

Having spent several weeks testing the HP Z2 Mini, we have to say we are very impressed. It delivers pretty much everything one needs for bread and butter 3D CAD work and does so in a beautifully styled micro chassis. With temperatures hitting 26 C in...

By develop3d.com on June 05, 2017

HP Z2 Mini is a very interesting workstation if you are looking for a compact, reliable PC. The performance level is not so very high as the high-end models. It is a device that is designed for not too heavy tasks. Think of creating CAD drawings. You...

By hw4all.com on April 17, 2017

It's well known now that Apple isn't shipping modern desktop Macs for the creative and technical professionals. Notably, Microsoft and HP have seized on this gap in Apple's product line and have moved in with capable solutions designed to be both...

By The Mac Observer on March 08, 2017

The HP Z2 Mini is a small workstation that can not only keep up with the big dogs, it can pass them. The Z2 Mini can be mounted in a number of ways, supports multiple displays, and starts at under $700.HP Z2 Mini product...

By StorageReview on January 27, 2017