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If your computer was rebooting at will, I would say it could be a PSU problem.
My vote goes to reinstalling Windows. That way you can eliminate problems on the software side. After reinstall and your machine still acts up, then I would look on the hardware side.
I reinstall Windows everytime I put in a new motherboard. I have found in the past some of the old motherboard drivers still on the hard drive might interfere with the new motherboard.
I know it is a lot of work, but try reinstalling Windows. I got a feeling this will solve the problem.
I would try the following:
1) Re-seat the video card.
2) Run some type of driver cleaner to wipe out all your old drivers. Then install a series driver that you know works well.
There's a slight chance it could be related to the PSU. But if the problem is hardware related I'll put my...
I have always favored aircooling but with these new watercooling kits coming out from different manufacturers they look easy to set up. My next system will be a Athlon 64 with watercooling.
I'm the same way. I use my box mainly for gaming. (Who the hell likes to work :D ). As long as I don't crash back to the desktop, get random reboots, or the good old BSOD, I consider it stable.