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Systemax (NYSE: SYX), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and CA (NASDAQ: CA) team up this year at CES 2010 for the 13th Annual "Build Your Own PC Race For Charity." Hosted by Systemax, this year's event will be held at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas on January 7, 2010. The race is between 30 of the top technology journalists from major media outlets like WIRED Magazine, Laptop Magazine, Computer Shopper, Gizmodo.com, and PC World. The objective of the race is to determine who can assemble one of Systemax's state-of-the-art computers with an Intel processor in the fastest time."Build Your Own PC Race" is a fun charity event for the PC editorial community supporting elementary and secondary schools. Over the course of its 13-year history, the event has raised more than $2.5 million in cash and computer equipment for needy schools and organizations around the country. Systemax, Intel and CA donate the computers used during the event to schools and non-profit organizations designated by the participants of the race. Systemax is also donating $13,500 in cash to the charitable organizations chosen by the top three winners.
Last year's winner, Al Hernandez, won the event for the first time and he designated Challenged Athletes Foundation, a charity that provides grants to athletes with a physical disability, as the recipient of his computer and the $10,000 first prize cash donation.
To find out more about the events main sponsors, please visit the following race sponsors at www.systemax.com, www.intel.com and www.ca.com.