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z840

I'm looking at the spec sheet and it is saying the PCI-e is only x2?  There is no x3? Also how many generations of the 840 are there? I know for my z420 there are 2. One you can run v1 and other v2 xeons.

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1.  Below is what HP says about the Z840 slots... most are PCIe3.  You'll be able to see this cut/paste image from the HP technical and service manual shortly (page 56).  Go google "c04823811 pdf" and take a look yourself:

 

Z840 slots.jpg

 

 

2.  Unlike the ZX00 and ZX20 families of HP workstations there are no two versions for the ZX40 family, which is nice.

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The HP Z840 only runs on v3 and v4 Xeon processors.

There is no PCIe gen 3 available on any Z840. If you want PCIe gen 3 you have to step up to the HP Z8 G4.

HP Z840 Workstation | 2x 18 Core Xeon E5-2699v3 / 2.3GHz 35MB | 128GB PC4-17000P 2133MHz / 8x 16GB DDR4 | NVIDIA Quadro P4000 / 8GB GDDR5 / 4x DP 5K | 2x Samsung Enterprise 960GB SATA 6Gb/s | 4x (RAID5) HGST Ultrastar He8 8TB 7.2K SATA 6G | 2x Dell UltraSharp U2720Q | Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
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1.  Below is what HP says about the Z840 slots... most are PCIe3.  You'll be able to see this cut/paste image from the HP technical and service manual shortly (page 56).  Go google "c04823811 pdf" and take a look yourself:

 

Z840 slots.jpg

 

 

2.  Unlike the ZX00 and ZX20 families of HP workstations there are no two versions for the ZX40 family, which is nice.

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You are completely correct! My bad.

I got it mixed up with the HP G4 Z8. 

The Z8 has no PCIe 2 slots.  Therefore I bought a refurbished HP Z840.

My apologies for the misinformation!

HP Z840 Workstation | 2x 18 Core Xeon E5-2699v3 / 2.3GHz 35MB | 128GB PC4-17000P 2133MHz / 8x 16GB DDR4 | NVIDIA Quadro P4000 / 8GB GDDR5 / 4x DP 5K | 2x Samsung Enterprise 960GB SATA 6Gb/s | 4x (RAID5) HGST Ultrastar He8 8TB 7.2K SATA 6G | 2x Dell UltraSharp U2720Q | Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
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Wow my z420 has gen 3. odd

Above The Firehouse
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How would I know if the 840 I want to get has a x3 and not the x2? Is there a motherboard code?

Above The Firehouse
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