New computer build keeps freezing

[Originality]

Oh man. Sounds to me like the above posts are correct, or if you have a NVIDIA card you are experiencing the dreaded freezing issues associated with a memory leak in the drivers.
Try reverting to an older driver for your GPU.

It's an AMD graphics card. And it still sounds like an IO error with the SSD, choking up the bandwidth (usually only happens if TRIM is not enabled but, as above, it is enabled).

 

[matt123337]

Now I'm having trouble. Because I previously moved it to the root of the C drive and now I'm having trouble moving it back or anywhere else from there as it is already a link. Everything I try doesn't work.

Just delete the hard-link and make a junction.

Oh man. Sounds to me like the above posts are correct, or if you have a NVIDIA card you are experiencing the dreaded freezing issues associated with a memory leak in the drivers.
Try reverting to an older driver for your GPU.

Did you not look at his specs? He's got an AMD based card.

Who says I'm using it for gaming?

Anyways, I kind of figured out some work-arounds. I have my cache for Chrome and Firefox on my HDD now. So far so good.

That's good. Did you move the paging file off the SSD and onto your HDD as well? If not, that could also be nuking the SATA bandwidth.

To move the page file to another HDD, just open "Advanced System Settings", click "Advanced", click the "Advanced" tab, then click "Change..." under the virtual memory section. After that click C:, then click "No paging file" the click set. then click your secondary drive and set it to system managed (or whatever file sizes you want), then click "Set" again. then close all those windows (hit "OK" in all of them) and restart.

 

[BillytheSkids]

Hey man, it definitely sounds IO as stated earlier, but there are things to consider with the earlier recommendations. You have 16 GB of RAM so I'm willing to bet you page file is Null and if it is an issue with cache for the browser then that would mean you can get better performance running directly on a platter HDD system then your SSD which was the point of getting it. If in fact it is IO and you've moved ports and swapped cables then it's the drive or possibly the SATA controller, either way short of test equipment, installing on a separate drive is a quick way to find out. I know it sucks but you could spend days trying to find a good workaround for a potential bad SSD or mobo, or install, confirm, reinstall, and configure happy and assured that you're getting the performance you JUST paid for. Good luck man, I'm rooting for you. Just so you're aware I came across this forum and post because I was looking into that SSD. It appears to be PNY's "entry level" SSD and they freely admit that they use whatever controllers they have in surplus at the time. This means that if it is the SSD you may stand a chance of getting a completely different controller and performer then what you have now in top performance. You could also spend $10 and get their higher performance XLR8 line, or $20 and get the Crucial M500. The M500 is highly regarded for longevity and durability. Just looking on the bright side for you.

Side note 1: I am basing my opinion on no claims of issues with higher use programs such as Photoshop, etc mentioned and am assuming you are using reliable, legitimate programs free of bugs and more precisely memory leaks. I am also assuming that you do not have any overclocked settings used (though suspected given the water cooler) on the base core, CPU, or DDR3 RAM beyond 1600 MHz. My "memory" is a bit fuzzy (pun intended) but one of my AMD's could not support RAM higher than 1600, just unsure if it was my Phenom II x4 or my FX.

Side note 2: I have a Phenom II x4 965 black, ASRock 770 board, 6 GB mismatched RAM running off an old 160 GB 5400 rpm laptop hard drive. It is literally a melting pot of hand me down parts. My point is it takes a while to boot up, but it does not have those problems, it is either a BIOS issue (improper overclocking or IO setting such as non AHCI, TRIM, etc) or a defective part.

 

[CheatingSoi]

I ended up replacing my PNY SSD for a Samsung 840 Evo and it works like a charm. The only issue is, is that when I try to game or play emulators. Basically anything that taxes the GPU, I will often get Blue-screens. I can't figure out how to fix this. I have all the updated drivers for every component. And the bios settings are at default. What can I do. Why is this happening?

 

[Originality]

For BSODs, find the minidump and post it here. That will tell us which driver/kernel is killing it.