Are prebuilt HP desktop workstations for home use a good idea if I have the money?
Used? Probably, great looks, high quality components and plenty of horsepower.
New? Probably not.
>if I have the money
buy them off ebay, or look for 20% off
hp workstations are the most expensive out of dell and lenovo
Also look on auction websites
In australia pickles auctions for example
Nope just do an AM1/FM2+ build if you need something for home use. Prebuilts are never worth it new or used imho.
Also
>buying anything HP
Fuck them, my A10 APU laptop's trackpad died the first month (tried driver updates and re-installs, no dice), shitty plastic frame spontaneously cracked in 3 places around the screen, and battery and laptop charger died after a year of use.
>>54552369
>my A10 APU laptop
No wonder you think OEM hardware is shit, maybe try buying something worth a shit next time before you apply some walmart shitbox anecdote to multi-thousand dollar enterprise gear that isn't even made by the same division of HP.
I'd take a Z series over some cheapo shitdozer vomit box any day, and a $300 dual-westmere hexcore Z600 will blow one of those things the fuck out core-for-core pretty handily.
>>54551701
from what my brother tells me, new hp stuff kind of sucks, so if it's an old refurbished one from pre-2011 and it has quality components, go for it and you should probably also hook it up with an ssd and look into a sub $100 graphics card compatible with the power supply.
i'm 22 and my first computer was a $600 hp laptop from 2010. it lasted me a good five years for a minimum wage-affordable laptop, but i'm told the price/performance on newer hp computers isn't as good as it was 8-10 years ago.
go the refurbished route, boss
Can you get HP-UX on an HP workstation anymore? Or do they push you towards RHEL and SUSE?
>>54552742
No, the last HP-UX workstation HP shipped was the Itanium-based zx6000.
A C8000 is a better and probably faster choice, though.
> HP
not even once
>>54552294
It's kind of funny, cause I would never buy an HP server (always Dell), but I would consider an HP desktop... Weird...
>>54551701
in simple terms, hp is the Apple of pc.
![lenovo_thinkstation_s20_d20_1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PvVAXS1.jpg "lenovo_thinkstation_s20_d20_1[1].jpg")
>>54551701
Yes.
Also look at Dell and Lenovo's offerings. They have similar capabilities but sometimes go for less.
Look at this baby:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkStation-D20-Xeon-X5650-Hex-Core-2-66GHz-24GB-RAM-2x-1TB-HDD-/172202754137?hash=item2818158059:g:xb0AAOSw1KxXM0NL
>hex core cpu
>24gb RAM
>2tb store
>capability for 2nd CPU add-in later
Only has a basic GPU, but also only $350.
>>54552369
hp enterprise != hp consumer
Practically two different companies.
>>54556525
Yeah, in a lot of ways these days. HP's workstations are filling the void left by the non-trashcan Mac Pros.
>>54551701
If you're buying used, there is literally nothing that provides better bang-for-the-buck in terms of horsepower and build quality than a used HP or Dell workstation.
>>54556574
>Practically two different companies.
Literally are two different companies.
HP Enterprise = servers, workstations
HP, Inc. = shitty laptops and overpriced printer cartridges
