The most exhilarating event at CES pits 30 Tech Journalists against each other to benefit The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
MIAMI, Fla. – (December 17, 2010) – Systemax Inc.is teaming up with CA Technologies and AMD at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show for the 14th Annual Build Your Own PC Race benefitting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. This event has helped raise over $2.5 million for charities around the country during its history. This year’s event will be held from 5:30-8:00pm on Thursday, January 6th at the Wynn Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas.
The objective of the Race is to assemble a computer based on the AMD Phenom II X61090T Black Edition processor in the fastest amount of time. Last year's winner, Chris Ramseyer of Tweak Town, assembled his PC in just under 7 minutes.
This year, the participants include technology journalists from major media outlets in the technology and PC industry. All computers built by the journalists, along with other peripherals, will be donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, along with cash donations in the total amount of $13,500 in the names of the top three racers. The 2011 participating racers are:
* Thomas Lower, ABC 33/40
* Benjamin Heidi, BCC Hardware
* Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
* Mason Cohn, CNN Money
* John Burek, Computer Shopper
* Paul Reynolds, Consumer Reports
* Dave Freeman, CrunchGear
* Al Hernandez, Fox Morning News
* Stephen Fung, Future Looks
* Emily Zimmer, Girl Gamer
* Paul Marini, HiTech Legion
* Justine Ezarik, iJustine
* Avram Piltch, Laptop Magazine
* Al Gibes, Las Vegas Review Journal
* Nathan Kirsch, Legit Reviews
* Nathan Edwards, Maximum PC
* Frank Dimmick, Overclockers Club
* Robert Strohmeyer, PC World
* Tyler Dikman, Redux
* Brier Dudley, Seattle Times
* Charlie Demerjian, Semi Accurate
* Daniel Lim, Slash Gear
* Steve Bass, Tech Bite
* Rob Williams, Techgage
* Kris Cain, Technorati
* Dan Shannon, Techware Labs
* Colin Dean, Think Computers
* Chris Ramseyer, Tweak Town
* Chris Null, Yahoo Tech
* Daniel Dumas, Wired Magazine
In addition to our name sponsors, (Systemax, and CA Technologies) the event is also supported by other major companies including: CoolerMaster, Dlink, HP, Kensington, Logitech, Microspft, Mitsubushi, OCZ, Onkyo, Samsung Monitors, Seagate, Accutech- Thrustmaster & Hercules, Acer, Belkin, Gigabyte, Konica, Absolute Software, Archos, Hannspree, Laguna-elocity, Priceless Resource, Simplexity, Sony- Notebooks, Toshiba- Notebooks, Trendnet, Vivitek, Vizio, Cables Unlimited, Centon, Envision Monitors, Klipsch, Lenovo, Microsoft- Hardware, Netgear, Phillips, Sanus, Smith Micro-Navarre, SMK- Interlink, Targus and Verbatim.
To find out more about the race or to be added to the VIP list, 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.systemax.com, www.ca.com and www.amd.com.
About Systemax Inc.
Systemax Inc. (http://www.systemax.com), a Fortune 1000 company, sells personal computers, computer components and supplies, consumer electronics and industrial products through a system of branded e-Commerce web sites, retail stores, relationship marketers and direct mail catalogs in North America and Europe. The primary brands are TigerDirect, CompUSA, Circuit City, MISCO, WStore and Global Industrial.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.
About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Since it was established by Congress in 1984, the organization has operated the toll-free 24-hour national missing children’s hotline which has handled more than 2,475,300 calls. It has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than 151,300 children. The organization’s CyberTipline has handled more than 964,750 reports of child sexual exploitation and its Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more than 40,048,550 pornography images and videos. The organization works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice’s office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com.
