Actually the memory was 74 bucks for 2 gig sticks. They are not overclocked and I would never buy overclocked memory.

I really don't believe it's the memory, the fact that the computer is already running hot while idle and my video card is going due to this leads me to believe that it is heat related.

If it was memory I would be getting all kinds of weird crashes and odd things happening. If anything it could be voltage.

I thank you for the comment about the memory but being in the IT field and seeing things from memory problems this kinda looks like it but I would lean more on the heat side of things based on the other stuff that is going on with my computer.