I've noticed a couple things I ordered from Amazon in the past few days are getting shipped FedEx and UPS, and it's small stuff. Wondering if it's either more economical for them or if they're also starting to give up on USPS.
It may be the perfect storm of circumstances this time around. I never had a problem with FedEx until I recently had a fellow forum member ship something my way, and it arrived with the tape cut open and no packaging material inside. I was honestly surprised that the item I purchased was still...
This, plus you would want all 3 of those wires coming straight from the PSU, when in this case they're likely going to originate from a single wire, and PCI-E power wires are usually thicker than what you'd find going to a molex connector, to cope with the extra current that the device would be...
Clock speed is largely irrelevant without taking IPC and architectural considerations into account, but I guess the marketing departments would have you think otherwise :).
I'm with TheSlySyl , for a few reasons. Getting to pick and choose what services you want is nice, they're not THAT expensive unto themselves. If you're any sort of avid content consumer, you can easily afford to have more than one. I'm not sure about you but I don't like watching commercials...