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Seventh Annual Systemax and AMD 'Build Your Own PC Race for Charity' Donates More Than $90,000 in Cash and Computer Equipment to Schools and Non-Profits Race Pitted 30 Media in Race That Contributed More Than One Million Dollars in Donations to Date PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Systemax , and AMD today announced that the Seventh Annual "Build Your Own PC Race For Charity" at Comdex 2003, hosted by Tiger Direct, raised over $90,000 in cash and computer equipment donations for schools and non-profit organizations. This year's event was held on November 18th at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, and pitted 30 top technology journalists from major media outlets including CNBC, PC World, Network World and PC Magazine in a race to determine who could assemble one of Systemax's state-of-the-art computers with an AMD Athlon(TM) 64 processor in the fastest time. Over the course of its seven-year history, the event has now raised more than one million dollars in cash and computer equipment for needy schools and organizations. Systemax and AMD donated the computers used in the contest to schools and non-profit organizations designated by the participants, and Systemax also made $13,500 in cash donations to the charitable organizations chosen by the top three winners. The first place winner was Charlie Demerjian of The Inquirer, who assembled his PC in just over seven minutes. He designated Wingspan Life Resources as the recipient of his computer and the $10,000 first prize cash donation. Robert Squires of AMDZone finished second and selected Pleasanton Unified School District PTA to receive $2,500 cash donation, and Christopher Null from Mobile PC finished third and selected Quail Valley Elementary to receive a $1,000 cash donation. More information about the event can be found at http://www.charitypcrace.com/ and on the race sponsors at http://www.systemax.com/, http://www.amd.com/ and http://www.tigerdirect.com/. About AMD Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD (NYSE:AMD) is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions for communications and networking applications. About Systemax Systemax (http://www.systemax.com/) has developed an integrated system of branded e-commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, and relationship marketing to sell private label and name-brand PCs, related computer products and industrial products to businesses in North America and Europe. With annual sales of more than $1.5 billion, Systemax is a Fortune 1000 company. About TigerDirect TigerDirect serves the needs of both personal & business computer users, selling via both catalog and Internet channels. TigerDirect is a subsidiary of Systemax Inc (NYSE:SYX). AMD, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product and company names used are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE: Systemax CONTACT: Tom Nolan, +1-212-279-6935, , or Mario Almonte, +1-212-279-6350, , both for Systemax Web site: http://www.charitypcrace.com/ http://www.systemax.com/ http://www.amd.com/ http://www.tigerdirect.com/

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