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Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700) - CNET

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A review of the high-end Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition gaming desktop configuration has been posted on CNET. 'The Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition is the midsize vendor's elite gaming PC. Company founder and CEO Randy Copeland helps build each unit, and they all come with his signature. This system is supposed to represent the best in modern PC hardware. Our review unit's configuration prices at $7,395, which is shockingly high, but also the apparent going rate for boutique-class systems of this caliber. On balance, the Raptor Signature Edition is as fast and as carefully assembled as we expect for an über-PC, but we have a beef with the high-end PC market in general right now, as the prices seem unreasonably high. That issue and the fact that its competition went the extra mile on software are our only significant issues with this PC.

Unlike Alienware, which has revamped its cases recently, Velocity Micro sticks with the tried-and-true Lian Li models throughout its product line. While they don't offer a fancy lighting system like Alienware's new chassis, Velocity Micro's cases retain a bold, sturdy look that we like quite a bit, and they have static internal lighting that adds a nice glow. All Raptor Signature Editions come with an extended-depth case that looks like a full-sized desktop tower turned on its side. The extra depth makes the inside of the PC easier to work with than the Widow PC IX2 SLI, which came to us with a standard midtower enclosure. The inside of the Velocity Micro isn't perfect, as the case's hard-drive cage points the drives toward the rear of the system, not out toward you, which makes the drives much more difficult to remove. We've criticized Velocity Micro for this minor issue in the past, so it's not a surprise, but we wonder how hard it would be for it to get Lian Li to tweak that part of the design in the future.'

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Posted by HCG Admin on January 14, 2007 4:42 PM |

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