TigerDirect to Host 11th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity Next Week at 2008 Consumer Electronics Show

  
    
  
  
    
      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 [e-mail].
    
    
      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.