Velocity Micro Announces Powerful New Sub-$1000 Gaming PC

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Velocity Micro, the premier independent builder of premium, high performance desktop computers and notebooks, announces the availability of the Edge Z5 Special Edition, the foremost gaming PC for budget conscious users. By utilizing premium quality components, tuning and tweaking techniques, expert engineering, and their trademarked Hyperclocking process, Velocity Micro has created a $999 gaming PC that crushes benchmarks without crushing the wallet, perfect for the frame rate hungry gamer on a budget.

“Top quality boutique gaming performance shouldn’t only be available to those with the deepest pockets,” said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro. “With the Edge Z5, we’ve created a system that delivers high frame rates at a very attainable value, giving budget conscious gamers an alternative to overpriced and underpowered big box OEM systems that put design over real world performance. You absolutely won’t find a faster gaming PC at this price.”

By utilizing trademarked Hyperclocking techniques for component optimization, Velocity Micro is able to get every drop of performance from the Edge Z5’s available hardware, allowing the economically challenged gamer to play nearly any game on the market at the highest resolutions. In fact, the Edge Z5 Special Edition provides frame rates that best systems of several times the price. In a recent roundup, CNET pitted the Edge Z5 against a $999 Dell XPS and a $3199 Mac Pro 3D. The Z5 bested both in all gaming benchmarks at all resolutions, by as many as 16 frames per second in some tests.

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It's a faster gaming box than anything we've seen in its price range.” The Edge Z5 contains an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 processor Hyperclocked to 2.93Ghz, a performance tuned ATI Radeon HD 4850, 4 GB of premium RAM, 750 GB hard drive, Velocity Micro’s classic solid aluminum chassis, expert build, and 100% US based technical support. There are plenty of slots for extra DVD drives and hard drives. You can put in up to 16 GB of RAM. There is no support for SLI, so you won't be able to add a second video card.