Powerful Production Workstation in a 4U Package
Sweetwater's Creation Station 400 crams state-of-the-art processing power into a convenient 4U rackmount form factor. This professional audio and video production workstation is fueled by a 16-core Intel i7-13700 processor, bolstered by 32GB of premium DDR4/3200 RAM. The CS400 provides you with 2TB of lightning-fast storage by way of a PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD. You also get ample front- and rear-panel USB 3.0 and 3.2 ports, onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a keyboard and mouse, and a comprehensive software package, including Microsoft Windows 11 and PreSonus Studio One Artist. Add to that Sweetwater's Total Confidence Coverage, and you have a cutting-edge media workstation built to tackle any project you throw its way.
Plenty of muscle under the hood
The Creation Station 400 was built to tackle all your processor-hungry audio and video productions. Its Intel Core i7-13700 CPU boasts 16 total cores, with eight performance cores running at 2.1GHz (5.2GHz Max Turbo) and eight efficiency cores running at 1.5GHz (2.1GHz Max Turbo), with 24 total threads, a 30MB cache, and a 24MB L2 cache. You get 32GB of DDR4/3200 RAM; the CS400 also includes four RAM slots and it can accommodate up to 128GB of max RAM. This computer boasts a 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD, supplying you with copious amounts of lightning-fast, built-in storage.
Ample room for expansion
Sweetwater's Creation Station 400 boasts enough expansion ports to accommodate all your peripherals. On its rear panel, you'll find one USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port on a Type-C connector, plus three USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (two on Type-A connectors and one on Type-C connectors) and four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on Type-A connectors. On the CS400's front panel, you'll find two convenient USB 3.0 ports on Type-A connectors. You also get one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 4.0 x4 slot, and two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots. The CS400's three spare M.2 slots support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode (one of them supports SATA mode as well), and you get four SATA 6Gb/s ports.
Includes loads of useful software
The Creation Station 400 comes with a Sweetwater-tuned install of Microsoft Windows 11. You also get Acronis System Restore, along with an original Windows DVD if you'd like to perform a fresh install at any point. You also receive Audacity, LibreOffice, audio test tiles, iLok License Manager, Music Trainer 2.12, and a digital track sheet. Finally, the CS400 includes a PreSonus Studio One Artist license that you can install anytime.
Sweetwater's Total Confidence Coverage
The Sweetwater Creation Station 400 is fully covered by our Total Confidence Coverage 2-year warranty, plus a 3-year limited warranty on the hard drives, and your memory is covered for a lifetime! We even preinstall the TeamViewer application, so if you ever need help, our gurus can access your machine from the Tech Support offices right here at Sweetwater — you won't have to ship your computer back to us for the simple fixes. You get a machine that is designed, built, and fully supported by the same people who use computers daily in their music-making lives. In other words, we don't just sell you a computer — we take care of you!
Sweetwater Custom Computing CS400 4U Professional Audio and Video Production Workstation Features:
- State-of-the-art processing power in a convenient 4U rackmount unit
- Powerful 16-core Intel i7-13700 processor
- 32GB of premium DDR4/3200 RAM
- 2TB of lightning-fast PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD storage
- Ample front- and rear-panel USB 3.0 and 3.2 ports
- Onboard Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2.4/5/6GHz with Bluetooth 5.3) with back-panel antenna connector
- USB keyboard and mouse
- Microsoft Windows 11 with Acronis System Restore and an original Windows DVD
- Comprehensive software package including PreSonus Studio One Artist
- Sweetwater's Total Confidence Coverage 2-year warranty
