Fresh Leopard Install and Time Machine

Leopard has been a miserable experience on my Imac 1.8Ghz G5. It has played havoc with the fan management and constantly overheats causing an abrupt switching off with a “pop” (presumably a safety feature). I am planning a completely fresh Leopard install on a wiped hard drive (which was not done originally). What folders or files should I NOT back up in Time Machine so that none of my previous system is restored. Basically I want everything back as it is now, Apps, e-mails, bookmarks etc. but a completely fresh system. Presumably I need to restore the Library folder, but is there anything in the System folder that I will need to restore? I have done an Archive and Install before, but that has not helped. I have reset the PRAM and SMC also. Looking at various Boards, fan problems are commonplace. I hoped that the first update would sort this out, but it didn't. A fresh install seems a reasonable next step. Any advice would be appreciated.

It's time for Apple to fess up and admit that Leopard, while great in potential, was rushed out prematurely. I've never seen so many forums dealing with OS-X failures like we see with Leopard.
It's a complete mess. I guess all those engineers shouldn't have been pulled to rush iPhone out the door prematurely too.
Not one--NOT ONE product that Apple let out this year was correct out of the gate. ****, they couldn't even get a freakin' keyboard right!!
Bad Apple, Bad.
I used to be unabashedly proud to recommend to people that they give Apple a close look before buying a computer. I'd be out of my mind to recommend Apple again until they get off this self-destructive, kamikaze trajectory. They have absolutely exceeded their capabilities for quality product development, and are no better than Microsoft.

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