One of the painful things about working with the John Obeto Specials versions HP Z-series of industry-standard workstations, is that the performance of those puppies give you so much headroom that if I was to purchase a model as configured as this one here, I would have to stay with it for 10 years just to justify the cost. (I barely went past 7-9% utilization in my tasks!)

Multiply that single unit cost with the fact that I work out of three offices with mainly identically-configured hardware, and the entire outlay starts to rise.

Mix in the fact that the HP Personal Workstation team is always innovating, never standing still, and you realize my dilemma.

To mitigate that, comes the HP z600 Personal Workstation.

The HP z600 Personal Workstation sits at the sweet spot between excellent performance and great value. Without a doubt, that price/performance ratio is what drove attracted me to getting it.

The z600 is about the quietest workstation I have ever either used or reviewed. It comes with a plethora of CPU, GPU, and storage options. The case is slimmer and lighter than that of the mongo massive, and drool-worthy the HP z800 Personal Workstation.

You can have up to 48 GB of RAM, quad-SSDs, up to 15,000 rpm SAS drives, ATI FirePro and Nvidia Quadro GPU cards, all in a eco-friendly, purpose-built case.

I initially purchased a couple of these units for my personal use at my twin offices in Colorado. Upon the return of the last z800 John Obeto Special I reviewed, I got another one for the LA office. z600 units for my executive staff followed shortly after.

So far, we have been extremely impressed with them. They are sturdy, reliable, and powerful. The HP z600 Personal Workstations are the perfect replacement systems for high end desktops for either creative or power users. Their ability to grow makes them well suited for a start-out in an entry configuration, as I did, getting them with 8GB of RAM, and building on that foundation.

You can’t do better than the HP Z-series Personal Workstations.

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