So looking further into my random freezes, it looks like windows event viewer is finding each of my lock ups to have this in common:
 
Event ID: 11  cdrom
 
 
I have disconnected my IDE dvd drive in hopes that the random freezing stops.  Has anyone else had this problem before?  Could this event just be a by-product of the freezing and not the cause?
 
 
A description of the problem would be that the computer freezes ( no keyboard or mouse responsiveness whatsoever ) at what are seemingly random times.  Sometimes during a game, sometimes while surfing the internet, etc.  Looking into windows event viewer I found at the time of every freeze-up that event mentioned above.
 
 
For completeness, my build is:
 
EVGA 790i ultra motherboard
2 x 2GB DDR3  1333 corsair xms3
EVGA 9800 GX2
Seagate 500GB SATA
Intel Q9450