Woah, I've missed quite the discussion.
I'd love to correct quite some statements in this thread. Heck, in this forum.
As much as I really love gbatemp, anything regarding pc tech is not it's strength. Use another forum for that. I've seen again and again on gbatemp that regarding pc specific things threads attract too much rubbish far too quick and can even be harmful to the OPs cause (not necessarily referring to this thread).