Lots of Freeze/Windows Not-Responding Issues

I'm using an MSI Geforce 660Ti
Here's some system specs.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
GPU Info
DirectX 11
Direct 3d Api Version 11
Graphics Clock 1032Mhz
Memory Data Range 6008 Mhz
Memory Interface 192 Bit
Memory Bandwidth 144.19 Gb/s
Total Available Graphics Memory: 4096 MB
Video Bios Version: 80.06.28.00.39
IRQ 16
Bus PCI Express x 16 Gen 2
Hardware:
Processor: Intel i7-2600 CPU @ 3.4 Ghz 3.70 Ghz
Installed Ram: 8GB
PSU is some generic Coolermaster 950W (Manifest Said Coolermaster but not even sure what it is)
Anyways..I've been experiencing problems with gaming for the last few months or so. I'm not getting system lock ups, reboots, or BSoD's at all. What I am getting is intermittent freeze-ups, and Windows has stopped responding errors on and off. Sometimes while gaming, everything just locks then I see the mouse icon change to the 'busy' image, then it unfreezes and goes back to normal. It also occurs when I login to games, and the graphics are loading. I can hear a very very soft and subtle noise from within the PC. It's a sort of 'click' sound, but it's not a typical 'broken' click-click-click noise. It kind of sounds like the GPU is just trying to 'do' something and whenever it's doing 'that' it makes the sound. I haven't underclocked/overclocked the card at all. I tried to increase the settings just a little to see if it would help. It doesn't seem to be doing much.
I'm guessing the problem is related to the Gpu, Psu, or HDD but I have no idea how to tell. I'm reluctant to bring it into the shop again. The PC came with a GTX 470 about three years ago. After about a year of using it, it started causing me BSoD's, system lock ups/reboots, etc. When I replaced it with this 660Ti all of those problems stopped. This gpu is roughly a year old now and these problems only surfaced within the past 6 months or less. Sometimes when I game I run two clients of the program and I leave games running constantly. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with this.
I've tried running Spybot, and Malwarebytes. Neither have found anything obvious or virus related. A few weeks ago I downgraded from gpu drivers from around March 2014, to some drivers from a year or two ago. I wanted to see if older drivers would add stability at all. They haven't seemed to do much. The graphics load a little slower in games now, and the freezings still occur. As far as computer temperatures, I haven't noticed anything abnormal. Usually the card runs at 30-45C and I've never had a BSoD. Before I downgraded the drivers, I was getting a lot of driver crashes in Aion. It wasn't happening in any other game. (Aion uses Cryengine) Anyways, I'm not sure what to do anymore. I'm reluctant to buy a 3rd gpu because I'm not sure if the GPU is faulty, or if it's my HDD or PSU.

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MSI Geforce 660Ti
May I know the exact model name of 660Ti?
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What I am getting is intermittent freeze-ups, and Windows has stopped responding errors on and off.
You mean when you get intermittent freeze-ups, windows also shows error messages? What kind of message?
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I see the mouse icon change to the 'busy' image
Have you use another mouse to try if it's not because of the mouse?
If you already tried different MSI drivers and they didn't do much, maybe you can try the drivers from NVIDIA website. (Remember to uninstall your MSI driver first)

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