TigerDirect.com and CompUSA to Host 12th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show
December 29 2008 - 11:18AM
PR Newswire (US)
Most exciting event at CES pits 30 Tech Journalists against each
other to compete in a frenzy of PC Building to benefit charity.
MIAMI, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- TigerDirect.com and CompUSA, leading
retailers of consumer electronics and technology products, along
with AMD and Systemax will once again team up at the 2009 Consumer
Electronics Show for the 12th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for
Charity. This year's event will be held from 5:30-8:00 p.m. on
Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at the Wynn Hotel and Resort in Las
Vegas. "While the buzz at CES revolves around new products and
technologies, TigerDirect.com and CompUSA have been able to use the
time over the last 12 years to bring journalists and various
technology companies together to raise over $2 million for
non-profit organizations and schools around the country," said
Gilbert Fiorentino, Chief Executive of the Systemax Technology
Products Division. "We're extremely proud of what we've
accomplished so far and look forward to raising more for charity in
the future." This year, the 30 participating technology journalists
represent major media outlets and analyst firms. Some of the
outlets include Wired, G4TV, Gizmodo.com , Revision3, Computer
Shopper, PC World, Maximum PC, Fox Morning News, Yahoo! Tech, and
the Seattle Times. The top three winners also receive a total of
$13,500 in cash that is also donated to their designated charities
-- $10,000, $2,500 and $1,000 respectively. The objective of the
Race is to determine who can assemble a computer based on the AMD
Phenom II X4 Quad Core processor in the fastest amount of time.
Last year's winner, Will Smith of Maximum PC, assembled his PC in
just 10 1/2 minutes, winning the event for his first time. He
designated Child's Play, a game industry charity dedicated to
improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of
over 40 hospitals worldwide, as the recipient of his computer and
the $10,000 first prize cash donation. Also, for the first time,
AMD will host an Overclocking Race, pitting some of the most well
known technology journalists against each other to test who can
maintain the highest stable frequency on air and water cooled PCs.
The systems used in the race will all boast the AMD Platform
Technology, codenamed "Dragon," featuring the new AMD Phenom II X4
quad-core processor. The AMD Overclocking race will take place
prior to the start of the official PC race from 5:45 - 6:45 p.m. In
addition to our name sponsors, AMD and Systemax, the event is also
supported by other companies including CA, Microsoft, Logitech,
PayPal and many others -- most of whom will be on-hand to show off
their latest technology releases during the cocktail reception
preceding the race. To find out more about the race, be added to
the VIP list or to see a list of this year's participants, visit
http://www.charitypcrace.com/ or send an e-mail to . To learn more
about the event's main sponsors, please visit the following race
sponsors at http://www.tigerdirect.com/ , http://www.compusa.com/ ,
http://www.systemax.com/ and http://www.amd.com/ . About CompUSA
The CompUSA companies ( http://www.compusa.com/ ) serve the needs
of both personal and business computer users, selling consumer
electronics, computers, digital media technology and peripherals
via retail stores, catalogs and Internet channels. The CompUSA
companies are subsidiaries of Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX). About
TigerDirect TigerDirect ( http://www.tigerdirect.com/ ) serves the
needs of both personal and business computer users, selling
consumer electronics, computers, digital media technology and
peripherals via retail stores, catalog and Internet channels.
TigerDirect is a subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX). About
Systemax Inc. Systemax Inc. ( http://www.systemax.com/ ), a Fortune
1000 company, sells personal computers, computer supplies, consumer
electronics and industrial products through a system of branded
ecommerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, relationship marketers
and retail stores in North America and Europe. It also manufactures
and sells personal computers under the Systemax and Ultra brands.
About AMD Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) is an innovative
technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and
partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics
solutions at work, home and play. For more information, visit
http://www.amd.com/ . DATASOURCE: TigerDirect.com CONTACT: Jessica
Darrican, +1-305-576-1171 x.16, +1-305-299-3449 (cell), , or Matt
Shumate, +1-305-576-1171 x.15, , both of Max Borges Agency Web
site: http://www.charitypcrace.com/ http://www.tigerdirect.com/
http://www.compusa.com/ http://www.systemax.com/
http://www.amd.com/
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