TigerDirect to Host 11th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity Next Week at 2008 Consumer Electronics Show
January 03 2008 - 2:30PM
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� 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 RSVP@charitypcrace.com. 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.
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