Bear with me, I'm not a computer wiz by any means. Exactly why I'm asking here.
First the specs:
Gigabyte P55a-UD3
Intel i5 760 @ 2.8ghz
Stock cooler. I have an EVO 212 lying around but didn't feel the need to overclock so I never installed it.
12gb of some Kingston DDR3 (2x4 and 2x2, all same...