(05/05/2010 10:59 PM)Hellgiver Wrote:  RAM would be slightly harder to troubleshoot if only because of how expensive it 6gigs (or 3) of DDR3 is. If it comes down to it, I'll check each stick individually, but that'd be such a hassle. That is one reason I kept RAM for last.

Just run memtest 86, pretty simple.

(05/05/2010 10:59 PM)Hellgiver Wrote:  One person on Tomshardware suggested that reducing the heat from my graphics card, via underclocking, might help with any overheating it might cause to my HDD.  Would this seem like a reasonable idea? Consider how good the air flow is, and the number of fans, would the heat from my graphics card really be affecting my hard drive that much?

Is your GPU like right next to your HDDs?  Is air from the GPU fan blowing into the box or out the back?