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HP Z420 | Intel C602 | Booting from NVMe drive

noamannoaman Member
edited June 2019 in Help

Hello there

I am looking for help regarding UEFI modification for running NVMe SSD as a boot drive but natively it doesn't support booting using NVMe via a PCI express adapter

Chipset is Intel C602

Looking to buy cheap 256 GB cheap WD NVMe PCIe SSD with an adapter from AliExpress

Holding the purchase since it doesn't support it natively but few people claim on different forums are running a modified UEFI and it works like a charm but instructions are no good

If anybody here has done the same/similar solution let me know

Thanx in advance

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  • IonSwitch_StanIonSwitch_Stan Member, Host Rep

    Very curious -- I use a SSD boot disk as I can't boot from NVME on my Z420.

  • FaiziFaizi Member

    I got an HP Z620 (first gen) for cheap at USD59 last month, it came with xeon e5-1603, 4GB DDR3 and 500GB HDD.

    I was thinking of doing the same, but after some thought - it's not worth the hassle.

    Replaced the HDD with a spare Seagate SSD, and performance is quite good. Next upgrade will be E5-2690 and 32GB DDR3.

  • noamannoaman Member

    @Faizi said:
    I got an HP Z620 (first gen) for cheap at USD59 last month, it came with xeon e5-1603, 4GB DDR3 and 500GB HDD.

    I was thinking of doing the same, but after some thought - it's not worth the hassle.

    Replaced the HDD with a spare Seagate SSD, and performance is quite good. Next upgrade will be E5-2690 and 32GB DDR3.

    Man you are quite lucky to get it that cheap..

    I got e5 2620v2 HPZ420 16 GB DDR3 no HDD for 140 USD approx..

  • FHRFHR Member, Host Rep

    Install GRUB on a USB flash disk, leave it permanently connected and boot from that?

  • IonSwitch_StanIonSwitch_Stan Member, Host Rep
    edited June 2019

    I paid $150 shipped for my Z420 (second gen), 8GB, E5-1650v2 off eBay.

    Next upgrade will be E5-2690

    @Faizi look at the E5-1650v2 as an option unless you have/plan on running dual proc (the E5-1650v2 can't run dual processor). Fewer cores (6vs8), but faster performance per core and only ~5% slower with all cores running. For many tasks, fewer faster cores is preferable to more slower cores.

  • FaiziFaizi Member

    @noaman said:

    @Faizi said:
    I got an HP Z620 (first gen) for cheap at USD59 last month, it came with xeon e5-1603, 4GB DDR3 and 500GB HDD.

    I was thinking of doing the same, but after some thought - it's not worth the hassle.

    Replaced the HDD with a spare Seagate SSD, and performance is quite good. Next upgrade will be E5-2690 and 32GB DDR3.

    Man you are quite lucky to get it that cheap..

    I got e5 2620v2 HPZ420 16 GB DDR3 no HDD for 140 USD approx..

    That's quite a bargain too.

    @IonSwitch_Stan said:
    I paid $150 shipped for my Z420 (second gen), 8GB, E5-1650v2 off eBay.

    Next upgrade will be E5-2690

    @Faizi look at the E5-1650v2 as an option unless you have/plan on running dual proc (the E5-1650v2 can't run dual processor). Fewer cores (6vs8), but faster performance per core and only ~5% slower with all cores running. For many tasks, fewer faster cores is preferable to more slower cores.

    Unfortunately the first gen Z620 is not compatible with v2 processor. It's either E5-1650 or E5-2960. The 1650 v1 only have 4 core 4 threads.

  • noamannoaman Member
    edited June 2019

    @Faizi said:

    @noaman said:

    @Faizi said:
    I got an HP Z620 (first gen) for cheap at USD59 last month, it came with xeon e5-1603, 4GB DDR3 and 500GB HDD.

    I was thinking of doing the same, but after some thought - it's not worth the hassle.

    Replaced the HDD with a spare Seagate SSD, and performance is quite good. Next upgrade will be E5-2690 and 32GB DDR3.

    Man you are quite lucky to get it that cheap..

    I got e5 2620v2 HPZ420 16 GB DDR3 no HDD for 140 USD approx..

    That's quite a bargain too.

    @IonSwitch_Stan said:
    I paid $150 shipped for my Z420 (second gen), 8GB, E5-1650v2 off eBay.

    Next upgrade will be E5-2690

    @Faizi look at the E5-1650v2 as an option unless you have/plan on running dual proc (the E5-1650v2 can't run dual processor). Fewer cores (6vs8), but faster performance per core and only ~5% slower with all cores running. For many tasks, fewer faster cores is preferable to more slower cores.

    Unfortunately the first gen Z620 is not compatible with v2 processor. It's either E5-1650 or E5-2960. The 1650 v1 only have 4 core 4 threads.

    Thanx for the update

    Now coming back to point :smile:

    Running NVMe SSD as boot drive

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