Desktop crashing and weird screen malfunction?

ttg_Avenged

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I built this rig sometime in November 2011. Specs should be below.

My current problems with my system include power idling, where you wait 30 minutes to cycle your storage devices on? This applies to my SSD only. Win 8 is on my SSD.

Another problem is that my EVGA GTX 680 needs to be downclocked (both mem/gpu clock) to not have constant Kernel crashes.

Now my current problem and newest is that my monitor flashes (not really a flash, just a quick blink) every few hours black and white for less than a second, I can barely see it. It goes away very quickly, and resumes to work normal again. The monitor is brand new and this has only been happening since yesterday. Twice now, my computer just goes black and completely bricks. The audio playing loops for about 10 seconds, and then the song/audio keeps playing normally but my display is still off... I seriously have no clue what's dying in my computer, my GPU or mobo or... idk

Thank you for any help!

EDIT: I don't believe it's heat. I just cleaned my rig last weekend. I use my graphics card 200+ every two weeks for non intensive and 100+ every two weeks for gaming since November 2011, no breaks.