Component Specification / Range Model HP Z230 Tower Workstation (refurbished) Form Factor Mini-tower / Tower Processor (CPU) Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 family, or 4th-gen Intel Core (i3, i5, i7) Chipset Intel C226 Memory (RAM) Up to 32 GB DDR3; 4 DIMM slots; ECC (with Xeon) or non-ECC (with desktop CPU) Memory Speed Up to ~1600 MT/s Storage – Internal Bays 2 × 3.5″ 1 × 2.5″ Storage – Controllers SATA (5 ports), supports RAID 0/1 Storage – SSD Options • 2.5″ SATA SSDs (various sizes) • HP Z Turbo PCIe SSD (256 GB, 512 GB) Hard Drive Options 500 GB SATA 7200 rpm, or 1 TB / other options per QuickSpecs Optical Drive Slim 5.25″ ODD bay: DVD-ROM, DVD ±RW, Blu-ray (depending on config) Graphics / Expansion Slots – PCIe 3.0 x16 – PCIe 2.0 x4 (mechanical x16) – PCIe 2.0 x1 (x4 mechanical) – PCIe 2.0 x1 – PCI (legacy) Integrated graphics depends on CPU (e.g. Intel HD) Power Supply • 400 W, ~92% efficient (active PFC) • Some regions/models: 320 W standard Operating Systems Supported Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit, SUSE Linux, Red Hat, etc. I/O / Connectivity – Front: USB 3.0, USB 2.0, audio in/out – Rear: more USB 2.0/3.0, optional serial, Gigabit Ethernet, DVI / VGA (depending) – Network: Intel I217-LM Gigabit Ethernet (in many configs) Graphics API Support Supports OpenGL 4.0, DirectX 11.1 Expansion / Display Support Can support up to 6 × 2D displays or 4 × 3D (depending on GPU) Dimensions / Weight ~17 cm (W) × 44.2 cm (D) × 39.9 cm (H) (depends on specific model) Weight: ~8.8 kg in some configs Power Efficiency / Certification ENERGY STAR compatible (in many variants) Typical Refurb Configurations – i7-4770, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD – Xeon E3-1245 v3, 8 GB ECC RAM, 256 GB SSD – i5-4570, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD Show More Show Less
