kiddsupreme

guess I should update, currently on 292TB raw, (45x4TB + 14x8TB)

Not even sure I'm doing this right...
 

 

 

 
Did not do any overclocking on the card itself; I did however overclock the 4790k to 4.7Ghz. But that's about it.

RMA from EVGA came within 1 business day of me creating it -- got to appreciate the customer service. Put the new card in... and it came right up; no issues whatsoever. I have had the computer on for 3 days, and everything is still working as expected. Thanks again for all the suggestions. Appreciate it.

THIS. Just like most things (cars you drive off the lot, new pair of jordans, etc) lose their value immediately. I just stepped up from my 780 Ti to a 980 ACX 2.0. My friend also stepped up from the 780 6GB to a 980 ACX 2.0 as well. I think of it like this: I was able to game for 2+ months with one of the fastest production video cards from NVIDIA, and now I'm in the unique position to trade in that card for a brand new 980 which has a lower TDP and appears to have more overclocking headroom than the 780. If anything, I should be the most upset since I spend around $710 for the Classified version. At the end of the day,  I still feel that I'm coming out ahead by have the latest and greatest. 
 
Now, should I feel bad about spending around $4000 plus on a Z97 platform instead of waiting another month and spec'ing out a X99 system? Well.... <_<

Well played sir, well played... 

Noted and fixed