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In This Issue:
Feature Story:
* Are You an Early Adopter?
News Flash:
* We Have a Winner!
* Does RAM Latency Matter?
* Archos Pocket Video Recorder: TV To Go
* NASA: DOS Glitch Nearly Killed Mars Rover
* Sync $999 Challenge Sweepstakes
Discussions:
* New To PC Building
* Catching Up to Windows XP Service Pack 2
* Best Settings for Doom 3
* Best Audio Codec for Music Buffs
* We Hate to Backup our PCs
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FEATURE STORY
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Are You an Early Adopter?
Notes from the Lab: Loyd goes on a nostalgia trip and discovers
that he's always been an early adopter. It even saved his life
once. Plus: A sneak peek at this week's stories.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19012-1
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NEWS FLASH
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We Have a Winner!
PC Case Mod Contest: The wait is over! It was pretty hard to
choose our favorite case, but after several rounds of voting
we finally made our decision. Find out who ET's top modder is
and how he built the winning rig.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19015-1
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Does RAM Latency Matter?
Deep Tech: Memory manufacturers continue to sell faster and
faster RAM, often touting lower latency as a major selling
point. Does this more expensive RAM actually improve
system performance?
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19018-1
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Archos Pocket Video Recorder: TV To Go
Review: Has Archos trumped Microsoft yet again with a fully
functional video recorder you can put in your shirt pocket?
The AV400 is the player Microsoft doesn't want you to
know about.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19021-1
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NASA: DOS Glitch Nearly Killed Mars Rover
A software glitch that paralyzed the Mars "Spirit" rover
earlier this year was caused by an unanticipated characteristic
of a DOS file system, a NASA scientist said Monday.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19024-1
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Sync $999 Challenge Sweepstakes
Sign up for the sweepstakes our brethren over at Sync have
kicked off. The prizes are very cool.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19027-1
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DISCUSSIONS
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New To PC Building
Do you have any advice for someone just getting into DIY
computer building?
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19030-1
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Catching Up to Windows XP Service Pack 2
Have you installed service pack 2 yet? Are you planning on it?
Find out what other people in our community have done.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19033-1
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Best Settings for Doom 3
What quality should you set the game to run at on your machine?
Find out what others have done -- then start fraggin'.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19036-1
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Best Audio Codec for Music Buffs
Which audio codec do you use when you're encoding music? Which
do you prefer to listen to?
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19039-1
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We Hate to Backup our PCs
But we all know we should! What's the most painless way to do it?
Find out here and vote in our poll.
http://eletters.extremetech.com/zd1/cts?d=80-172-2-2-145394-19042-1
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Web Historian gives you the power to save online information
easily so that it's within reach whenever you need it.
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