You need to spend less time at Slashdot. Seriously.
If you had any clue about what these stability tests are doing and how computers work you'd see how outright ignorant it is to say that these stability tests can be corrupted by the operating system, regardless of how unstable it might be.
Every ergonomic study says otherwise. The top of the monitor should be at least 1 inch below your eyeline. Of course you may be fine with it tipped forward, but it's definitely not something other people should be doing.
I'll accept a Monster Cable power conditioner, but a power cable is a power cable. Anyone who thinks otherwise is foolish, and as they say a fool and his money are soon parted.
Removing the backing plate will not improve contact. The whole point of the backing plate is to apply the mounting force right behind the CPU rather than around the CPU which leads to the board bending.
Something to consider is using diodes. Their voltage drop is pretty much the same regardless of how much current they're flowing.
http://www.cpemma.co.uk/sdiodes.html
I've never once seen someone recommend a T-line for any reason other than saving space. They're more hastle to bleed with and they are more restrictive.