Velocity Micro® Announces the Innovative Raptor Multiplex

A Home Theater and Gaming Hybrid System, the Multiplex is Designed to Dominate the Living Room

Richmond, VA — February 15, 2013 — Velocity Micro®, the premier builder of award winning enthusiast desktops, laptops, peripherals, and Cruz™ tablets announces the release of the Raptor Multiplex, a home theater and gaming hybrid system designed to dominate the living room. Capable of 1080p gaming, media streaming, Cable Card functionality with DVR, Blu-ray playback, and so much more, the Raptor Multiplex converges the gaming PC with home theater devices to create an immensely powerful system. Configurations start at $1,899.

“Since our early days, Velocity Micro’s focus has been largely in two categories – powerful enthusiast desktops and stunning home theater PCs,” said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro. “With the Raptor Multiplex, we’ve essentially brought those two categories together to create something really awe-inspiring. It was a natural next-step for us and we think our customers are going to love it.”

Built in a solid aluminum case designed to fit perfectly with your current home theater set up, the Raptor Multiplex features premium grade components, hand assembled in the USA and acoustically tuned. Fully capable of big screen 1080p gaming, the Multiplex also serves as a media streaming box, DVR, Blu-ray player, and more. Key specs include:

  • Asus P8Z77-V Pro Motherboard with Thunderbolt
  • Intel Core i5 and Core i7 Ivybridge processors
  • 16GB DDR3-2133 memory
  • NVIDIA GTX600 series graphics
  • Digital TV tuners allowing up to 4 concurrent recordings
  • Intel 520 Series solid state boot drives
  • Up to 3 x 2TB Hard Drives configured in RAID 5 – capable of holding thousands of hours of HD TV
  • High Definition 9.1 Channel audio with S/PDIF out
  • Windows 8 Pro

The Raptor Multiplex is immediately available direct from Velocity Micro. For more information or to custom configure yours, visit www.VelocityMicro.com or call 800-303-7866.


About Velocity Micro, Inc.

Velocity Micro, Inc. 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 at most consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more information, please call (800) 303-7866 or visit www.VelocityMicro.com

Velocity Micro has earned over 60 industry awards, including 16 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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