HP WorkStation Z230 Mini Tower PC Intel i7-4770 Processor 8GB RAM 500GB HDD Nvidia 1GB Graphics Windows 10 Professional

Our Specialist view of the HP WorkStation Z230 Mini Tower (MT) PC

The Spec:          

The HP WorkStation Z230 MT PC specs are as follows: A large Mini Tower chassis houses an Intel Core i7 4^th generation processor that has 4 processing cores and a clock speed of 3.40GHz. Installed RAM is 8GB with 4 individual RAM slots that can accept up to 32GB and a 500GB SATA III mechanical hard drive. An Nvidia Quadro 600 1GB graphics card is installed along with Windows 10 Professional.

The Good Bits:

There is so much room for expansion. It’s a bit misleading to call this a mini tower; in fact there is nothing really mini about it. Like other tower pc’s it has plenty of space and slots for different upgrade options. If you wanted to put a sizeable discrete graphics card in you can. If you wanted to fit multiple hard drives, again no problem. The HP Z230 also has a large 400W power supply unit (PSU), which is essential for more demanding graphics card.

The Not So Good Bits:

The WorkStation Z230 will take up a fair bit of space, and by that we mean quite a lot so don’t buy it if you have limited space for it or you haven’t measured up before hand. Don’t expect built-in WiFi, this pc was originally designed as a powerful workstation for business use so WiFi was never in the initial thinking. However, there is a spare PCI slot to add a wireless card or a spare USB slot.

The Design:

It’s quite clear HP put loads of thought in to the design. Ports are well placed and plentiful both front and rear. The inside of the pc is accessed by 1 panel, which comes off by a simple catch. There is a load of room inside this PC for a large number of different upgrade combinations.

Suitability:

We would say the HP Z230 is perfect for going in to a business or industrial environment that is looking for a high spec and high potential PC. It would even suit as a server machine.