New computer build keeps freezing

I honestly don't know where to turn. I feel really stuck. If someone can help me, I would be so grateful. Last week, I ordered the parts and built my second PC. It all went really well and I researched for a long time to make sure everything worked together. It booted up on my first try. But after installing Windows 8.1, it keeps freezing on me. It seems to be when I use the internet. It's at complete random but sometimes when I click on a link or open a new tab, it will say "waiting for cache" at the bottom with a blank screen. At this point if I try to open any other tab or anything it will not load. After a few seconds, everything starts to lock up, other programs, the start bar. Then about 30 seconds later the screen flickers and everything comes back into action. I looked it up and have tried numerous things, like moving a folder that chrome uses to the C drive and a bunch of other things. It is not helping at all. The other issue is that I can't tell if it's just related to the browser. It seems that sometimes it will lock up when not using the browser but I haven't confirmed that. I can seem to play games and use my Adobe programs without freezing. I just don't know what to do, because it seems like such an odd problem and if I took it in somewhere, its hard to reproduce because sometimes it doesn't lock up for a long time. I have re-installed Windows and it still doesn't help. I used Memtest to test my RAM and everything turned up fine. No errors. If anyone has any ideas of what to do or at least could direct me to somewhere I can get help, I would appreciate it so much. I just can't stand not being able to happily use my new build and I feel like I wasted $1000+ until I can get it working. I hate that I would rather use my 5-year old computer just because it's more stable.

 

Sorry about the world-wall. Lol, I honestly thought of it after I posted. Anyways, I have swapped Sata ports, tried a different sata cable. None of that helped. I tried Firefox and it froze on me as well. My Windows 8.1 is genuine. And I have all the latest GPU drivers. My only thoughts were to install Windows on another HDD or remove some of my RAM, but I feel like it's not the RAM because of Memtest and I don't want to go through the trouble of re-installing Windows again by switching to another drive. But I suppose if I have to.

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All great ideas. How do I update SSD firmware and check TRIM? And I will try the RAM thing. I really appreciate the quick responses.

Nevermind about TRIM. I just checked. It is enabled and CPU is at 30 degrees Celsius.

 

Yeah, that honestly was my last thought. I just hate to do it since I spent a good amount of time setting everything up on my SSD. I hate then when you install Windows on a different drive, it stops working on the previous one. Is there any way around that?

 

In my experience, when you install Windows on a different drive, with the same key, it stops working on the old drive. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I seem to remember.

 

I installed Windows on my HDD. So far it seems to be working fine. But I am going to continue using it to make sure. If that SSD is the issue, what should I do, should I send it back for a replacement, or maybe a different brand altogether? Or should I try some more things like moving the cache. I previously moved the cache out of the Chrome folder and onto the root C drive in the SSD, but maybe putting it on the HDD would be a better idea?

 

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.

 

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.

 

Haha, well honestly, I just got it because I wanted it. I mainly use my computer for video editing and Photoshop. But because I can, I'm sure I'll play the occasional game.