MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
TigerDirect, a leading retailer for consumer electronics and
technology products, along with Systemax, AMD and Acer will again team
up at next week's Consumer Electronics Show to sponsor the 11th Annual
TigerDirect Build Your Own PC Race for Charity.
The Build Your Own PC Race is a fun charity event and competition
for the technology editorial community supporting education and
non-profit organizations with thousands of dollars in gear and cash.
This year's event will be held from 5:30-8:00pm on January 7th at the
fabulous Wynn Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. The 30 participating
technology journalists representing major media outlets and analyst
firms including the Wall Street Journal, G4TV, CNET.com, Revision3,
Houston Chronicle, Wired, PC World, Maximum PC, Gizmodo.com, Computer
Shopper, and Gartner.
Over the course of its 11-year history, the event has raised
almost $2 million dollars in cash and computer equipment for needy
schools and non-profit organizations. TigerDirect along with the event
sponsors donate the computers used during the event to the charities
designated by the participants. The top three winners also receive a
total of $13,500 in cash that is also donated to their designated
charities.
The objective of the Race is to determine who can assemble a
computer based on the AMD Phenom(TM) 9500 processor in the fastest
amount of time. Last year's winner, Charlie Demerjian of The Inquirer,
assembled his PC in just 6 minutes and 47 seconds, winning the event
for the third straight year. He designated Saint Paul (Minn.)-based
Wingspan Life Resources as the recipient of his computer and the
$10,000 first prize cash donation.
To find out more about the race, be added to the VIP list, or to
see a list of this year's participants, visit www.charitypcrace.com,
or send an e-mail to [email protected].
To learn more about the event's main sponsors, please visit the
following race sponsors at www.tigerdirect.com, www.systemax.com,
www.amd.com and www.acer.com.
About TigerDirect
TigerDirect 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).
Visit www.systemax.com for more information.
About Systemax Inc.
Systemax Inc. (www.systemax.com), a Fortune 1000 company, sells
personal computers, computer supplies, consumer electronics and
industrial products through a system of branded e-commerce 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 and develops and markets
ProfitCenter Software, a web-based, on-demand application for
multichannel direct marketing companies.
Source: TigerDirect
Contact: Max Borges Agency - San Francisco
Ted Miller, 415-863-8212
[email protected]
or
Max Borges Agency - Miami
Matt Shumate, 305-576-1171 x15
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