TigerDirect.com and CompUSA Announce the Winner of the 12th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity Held at the 2009 Consumer
January 14 2009 - 11:44AM
PR Newswire (US)
Al Hernandez, of Fox Morning News, was the victor of the fastest
event at CES, which pits 30 Tech Journalists against each other to
compete in a frenzy of PC Building to benefit charity. MIAMI, Jan.
14 /PRNewswire/ -- TigerDirect.com and CompUSA, leading retailers
of consumer electronics and technology products, along with AMD and
Systemax teamed up at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show on January
8th, for the 12th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity at the
Wynn Las Vegas Resort. This year, the race determined who could
assemble a computer based on the AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core Dragon
processor in the least amount of time. There were over 580 guests
on hand to cheer the racers on to the finish, which included
journalists and other members of traditional and online media. With
a time of 5:59, Al Hernandez, Technology & Consumer Reporter at
Fox Morning News, won the competition. His charity, Challenged
Athletes Foundation, will benefit from the $10,000 first place
prize along with the computer he built and other included
peripherals valued at $3,500. The Challenged Athletes Foundation
assists individuals with physical disabilities pursue an active
lifestyle through physical fitness and competitive athletics. "I am
thrilled that I was able to pull off the win this year," said Al
Hernandez. "The world class technology editors from Yahoo! Tech,
Slash Gear and G4 really made it tough. The money tonight will
benefit Challenged Athletes for years to come, thank you to Tiger
Direct and all the sponsors for helping change so many lives." In
second place, only 3 seconds behind the winner, was Chris Ramseyer
of Tweak Town and third place with a build time of 6:21 was Greg
Morgan of The Tech Zone. Chris and Greg's charities will receive
$2,500 and $1,000 respectively. All 30 racers' charities will
receive the computer they built along with other prizes donated
from our sponsors. Each system is equipped with the AMD Phenom II
X4 Quad Core processors. "What an exciting event!," said Gilbert
Fiorentino, Chief Executive of the Systemax Technology Products
Division, including TigerDirect and CompUSA. "Charities nationwide
will receive over $118,000 from this event. With the continued
support of our vendor partners, we anticipate helping many other
charities in the coming years." Since the annual event began 12
years ago, it has been responsible for donating over $2 million to
charities around the country. For many CES attendees in the media,
this event has become a CES tradition that they look forward to
attending each year. Thousands of individuals watched this year's
event live courtesy of ComputerTV (http://com.puter.tv/) and
UStream.TV. 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. Event sponsors included: AMD, Averatec, Bankers
Warranty Group, CA, Creative Labs, Crucial Technology, Diamond
Multimedia, HP, I-Inc, Konica Minolta, Lenovo, Logitech, Microsoft,
Mitsubishi, MSI, OCZ Technology, Pay Pal, Seagate, Sony, Systemax,
Targus, Thermaltake, Transcend, Zalman and many others. To find out
more about the race, or for a full list of this year's
participants, contact . 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. DATASOURCE: CompUSA
CONTACT: Jessica Darrican of Max Borges Agency, +1-305-576-1171
x.16, +1-305-299-3449 (cell), , for CompUSA Web site:
http://www.compusa.com/ http://www.tigerdirect.com/
http://www.systemax.com/ http://www.amd.com/ http://com.puter.tv/
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