Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition

With lots of pros over shadowing its cons this Velocity Raptor Signature edition PC has all the qualities you expect from an ultimate gaming machine. This flag ship item would itch your heart to own it. The very name itself is attractive. The first...

Triple graphics card performance. Overclocked six-core processor. Larger solid state drive than predecessor. Lots of I/O ports. Can play Crysis on very high setting. No bloatware

Not quite the overall performance leader. Rollers on chassis can be annoying. Doesn't burn Blu-ray discs. No PCIe card expansion room

Velocity Micro brings the Raptor Signature Edition (GeForce GTX 480), its latest uber gaming system, to the market. Sure, it's almost $6,000, but that's the price you must pay to get a system that will play high-end 3D games at the highest quality levels.

Balls-out speed from the three graphics cards running in tandem. Cheap, thanks to a midrange processor overclocked to atmospheric performance levels

Front-mounted USB and audio ports are too low to be very useful. Hard-to-open case looks like it was pulled off a generic gaming PC and assaulted with a BeDazzler. Chip manufacturer Intel will not guarantee its processor’s longevity when overclocked,...

Blazing, best-in-class benchmark test numbers. SSDs improve day-to-day performance. Great bang for the buck

SSDs are small, necessitating occasional rebuilds

Velocity Micro's Raptor Signature Edition is the best gaming system we've seen. Its blazing, top-of-the-class performance coupled with its middle-of-the-pack pricing makes the Raptor a hands-down winner.

Hexa-core performance; tri-SLI ready

Pricey; understated looks

We shouldn’t downplay hexa-core performance, though. The truth is, the hexa-core chip will still run rings around the quad-core Sandy Bridge parts—but you’ll need applications that will exploit its 12 threads. If you’re someone who regularly uses a...