pls help before i smash my pc up

Caporegime
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well been at this for two days and its doing my head in now.first of all pc started going slow while doing a virus scan and i mean slowwwwwww , then it wouldnt complete the scan.finally got i to finish but nothing there, so did defrag which it needed but that took a lot longer than usual, so i thought hd is on is way out.so in end wiped the thing clean and took out to try a spare hd i had which is my back up drive incase of this kinda thing happening.pc working but every now and then its shutting down.ive reseated everything checked all the wires,spy ware scans ,virus scans and nothing.best thing is most are new components and decent brand.im now thinking it might be my graph card/or mb but all in all im pretty stumped.psu is more than power needed for my card so i know its not that.any help would be great thanks.

psu is only 2 months old 500w seasonic
graph card 7600gt
 
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i would probably start by removing all but 1 stick of ram and if the problem continues, try another stick of ram on its own.
 
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