Velocity Micro^® Announces the Availability of PCs Powered by New Intel® Core™ X-series Processors

Newest Intel® Core™ X-series processors along with X299 chipset motherboards usher in a powerful new hardware frontier for gamers, media creators, and enthusiasts

Richmond, VA — June 19, 2017 — Velocity Micro®, the premier builder of award winning enthusiast desktops, laptops, high performance computing solutions, and professional workstations announces the availability of Gaming/Enthusiast and Workstation PCs powered by Intel® Core® X-series Processors. Designed for media creators, prosumer designers, extreme gamers, and other enthusiasts, Intel® Core™ X-series processors take PC performance to new heights. Configurations start at $1,799 with systems shipping starting June 26, 2017.

“Intel continues to be the benchmark for extreme performance processing solutions, pushing that envelope further and further,” said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro “We’re excited to offer these bleeding edge Intel Core X-series processors in our award winning desktop PCs on launch day to our passionate enthusiast customers.”

“For twenty years, Velocity Micro has been providing solutions to the custom PC industry, creating excitement in the market with their enthusiast class and workstation PCs,” said Michelle Johnston, Intel Vice President and General Manager, Global Client Computing Group Sales. “We are excited that Velocity Micro has continued this legacy by building high performance systems with new Intel® Core™ X-series Processors.”

With up to 18-cores and 36 threads, Intel® Core™ X-series processors take desktop computing to a whole new level, especially with compute intensive, multi-threaded workloads such as 4K media creation and high demand “megatasking.” A few options from Velocity Micro’s product line powered by these new Intel processors include:

• ProMagix HD80 – The definitive single CPU workstation designed for CAD, 3D, video, and more. Also available with NVIDIA Tesla GPU options. Starting at $1,799.
• Raptor Z95 – Designed for gaming, media creation, and an all-around enthusiast workload built in a 100% aluminum chassis. Starting at $1,999.
• Raptor Signature Edition – Our founder’s vision for the ultimate PC. Built and configured without compromise. Starting at $3,999.

All Velocity Micro desktops ship from and are supported in Richmond, VA with no preinstalled bloatware. To custom configure an award-winning desktop featuring an Intel Core X-Series processor or to learn more about how they can be beneficial to your specific needs, visit VelocityMicro.com or call 888-300-4450.

About Velocity Micro

Velocity Micro is the premier high-performance personal computer provider in North America. Founded in 1992, Richmond, Va.-based Velocity Micro custom builds award winning gaming, mobile, multimedia, small business, workstation, visual supercomputers and peripherals. Velocity Micro products are currently available in retail from Newegg.com and Amazon.com. For more information, please call (888) 300-4450 or visit www.VelocityMicro.com.

Velocity Micro has earned over 75 industry awards, including 18 PC Magazine Editor’s Choice awards. CNET, Maximum PC, Mobile PC, PC World, Computer Gaming World, Computer Shopper, and PC Gamer editors have all chosen Velocity Micro systems as some of the industry’s best-performing, highest-quality, and most reliable PCs.

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