Velocity Micro, the premier builder of award winning enthusiast desktops, laptops, gaming PCs, and peripherals announces the immediate availability of expertly crafted systems powered by unlocked 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors and the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition. Formerly code-named "Ivy Bridge-E," these LGA 2011 socket processors provide extreme power for increased performance, better security, and more responsiveness especially in high demand, multi-threaded tasks, making them a perfect fit for content creation, encoding, and multi-display, multi-GPU gaming. Custom built, made in the USA systems from Velocity Micro powered by these new processors start at $2,399.

"When creating our ultra-performance PCs, it's critically important for us to have the very latest hardware at hand to combine with our meticulous build process," said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro. "Intel has been the leader in processor technology for years now and we're honored to be able to offer these new CPUs to our customers on launch day to continue making some of the fastest PCs on the market."Velocity Micro Raptor desktops utilize the power of unlocked 4th Generation Intel Core i7 and the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition processors for remarkable performance in CPU intensive applications such as content creation, encoding, and multi-display, multi-GPU gaming. Features of these new processors that benefit Velocity Micro customers include:

• Up to 6 cores, 12 threads and 15 MB Intel Smart Cache;
• Extreme overclockability for eye-popping clock speeds;
• Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0;
• Integrated Memory Controller - 4 channels of DDR3 1866 MHz;
• 40 PCI Express Lanes for increased performance with multi-GPU configurations.

"For over a decade now, Velocity Micro has been a key partner, alongside us with every product launch since the Core 2 Duo," said Brent McCray, Worldwide Enthusiast Marketing Manager of Intel. "We're thrilled to be working with them on this launch and very much look forward to more great things ahead."

All Velocity Micro desktops are hand built and supported in the USA. To custom configure an award-winning desktop or gaming PC featuring an unlocked 4th Gen Intel Core i7 Processor or new Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition or to learn more about how these new processors can be beneficial to your specific needs, visit VelocityMicro.com