my computer freezes for 1-2 seconds about every 10 seconds. i notice this when playing a music file or video file, from the HD and from CD. I reformatted and did a clean install last night but problem still persist.

Your PS or hard drive may be failing.
See the latter part of response 4 in this:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...
The "overtop" Setup part does not apply to you.

I ruled the hard drive out cause it does the same thing running programs from my CD-ROM. I did notice that the precursor to this was one of the fans not spinning at a constant rpm. I haven't narrowed it down to which fan yet since I have 6(front,side,video card, cpu, back, and PS). I suspect maybe the cpu fan is failing and the processor is running hot. But the PS failing is something I thought about as well, maybe the ram is failing also. I was hoping somebody experienced this so I don't have to spend the money troubleshooting all 3 venues cause I do not have any spare parts.

Temperature problems will not happen when the computer is cold - if it misbehaves even when the computer is cold, it is very likely it is your PS that is the problem.
You can easily look at the current temps in your bios Setup pages to find out if your CPU is getting too hot. You can find out what temp is too hot for your cpu in the technical specs for your cpu on the AMD web site. While you're there you can also see if the current voltages from the PS are out of whack. You can unplug your computer, open up the case and make sure there isn't excessive mung on the cpu fan and/or the heatsink. If that's okay, plug in the computer and make sure the cpu fan is spinning okay, and is not making any noises, most likely to occur when the cpu fan/the computer has been sitting some time and is cold.
The fans not spinning at a constant rpm is one of the symptoms you would get if the PS is wonky - it is extremely unlikely for more than one fan at a time to do that.

It is extremely rare for the cpu to go bad unless it has overheated, or for the ram to go bad, unless the computer has been exposed to power spikes or surges and your computer (and everything connected to it including your phone and/or cable line for the internet) isn't protected from that, or the PS is failing or another one has failed in the past and the PS damaged them.

Thanks for your technical expertise, I'll check the PS tonight. Hopefully it's the culprit.