IC does have a SSD but not on that rig at the moment.
She spent quite some time building that. Give her some time, as I am sure she is fully aware that she will require a 64bit OS to take advantage of the 16GB RAM.
According to CPU temperature, it should be fine as it is, although I know IC has not overclocked the CPU and is using FANS as the main ventilation which is doable.
One will need a liquid cooling system for an overclocked 2nd and 3rd gen i7's K series. Stock is fine as long as there is enough ventilation.
I have said already to her before but ill say it here: Me loves that GPU!