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[hillbilly pick]

Glad you found the issues and are on your way to your new machine. Also glad I could help.

 

[Daner]

Just to chime in on the cooling front, sometimes stock heatsinks will do you fine and sometimes they won't. It often depends on climate you live, where your computer is stored (in relation to airflow), and how much load you're putting the computer under. I would imagine New Jersey is fairly cool. However, in Australia in a room with bad ventilation, high-load applications like games or 3d modelling is a bad idea without some higher end cooling gear.

I would also say that remember when you upgrade your video card, you'll probably have to upgrade your PSU at the same time. Running a new video card without enough power to go with it will end poorly.