Press Release
Velocity Micro® Announces Immediate Availability of AMD® Ryzen™ 7000 Series and 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors
New processors will be available in both gaming and workstation desktop categories, representing significant performance upgrade options for all customers
Richmond, VA — September 27, 2022 — Velocity Micro, the premier builder of award-winning enthusiast desktops, laptops, and high-performance computing solutions announces the availability of AMD Ryzen 7000 series and 13th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors in a newly refreshed desktop lineup. Updated products include the award-winning Raptor Z95, ProMagix HD80, and the incomparable Raptor Signature Edition, making this the most substantive increase in available CPU performance in years. Shipments on AMD Ryzen 7000 Series start immediately. 13th Gen Intel processors are available for pre-order with shipments starting October 20th.
“It’s exciting to see both Intel and AMD using technical innovation to lead the way for our industry,” said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro. “Our qualification testing of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i9-13900K has absolutely blown us away. It’s a great time to be an enthusiast PC consumer.”
From AMD, the Ryzen 7000 series with flagship 7950X offers up to 16 cores and 32 processing threads, 5.7GHz Turbo speeds, and 80MB cache for lightning-fast multi-tasking, renders, and gaming.
Key features include:
- New “Zen 4” 5nm architecture for increased efficiency and IPC improvements
- AM5 socket motherboards with support for DDR5 RAM and PCIe® 5.0
- Advanced overclocking features like AMD EXPO™ and Precision Boost for addition performance when you need it most
- Available in the Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition, Raptor Z95, and ProMagix HD80, starting around $3,299
From Intel, comes 13th Gen Intel Core desktop processors led by the i9-13900K, a 24 core, 32 thread behemoth running at up to 5.8Ghz. Features include:
- Intel’s performance hybrid architecture using both Performance and Efficient cores to best manage modern multi-threaded workloads and frequency bound applications alike
- Intel Thread Director to manage your workload more efficiently and keep background tasks in the background
- New Intel Z700 series chipset motherboards with Intel Wi-Fi 6E and Thunderbolt 4 support
- Available in the Velocity Micro Raptor Z95 and ProMagix HD80, starting around $2,999
All Velocity Micro workstations ship from and are supported in Richmond, VA with no preinstalled bloatware. To custom configure a ProMagix HD150 powered by Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series processors and take your work to the next level, visit VelocityMicro.com or call 804-419-0900.
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, custom workstation, and visual supercomputers. Velocity Micro products are currently available in retail from Newegg.com and Amazon.com. For more information, please call (804) 419-0900 or visit www.VelocityMicro.com
Velocity Micro has earned over 75 industry awards, including 20 PC Magazine Editor’s Choice awards. CNET, Maximum PC, PC World, Wired Magazine, 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.
For more information, contact:
Josh Covington
jcovington@velocitymicro.com
804-419-0908