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Cool man, I just replaced the fan in my cooler master POS 700w power supply because the fan was making all kinds of noise like the bearing was bad. I just used electric tape but the rest was the same. Now I can't even hear it so I am happy til I get a new Corsair! :)

Might want to use a program to check your HDD S.M.A.R.T. readings and make sure it isn't failing as well. I usually use Speedfan, here is the dl link from the speedfan site
http://www.almico.com/speedfan449.exe I can think of 3 or more times when a computer I worked on that had the non responsive stuff going on was the hard drive not wanting to spin up or just failing. Not sure if a SSD can fail in a way that would cause that but you can check both of them with Speedfan.  Is windows taking any longer to boot than normal?

Thanks everyone for helping me! I'm probably going to get this kit: http://www.alternate.nl/G-Skill/8-GB-DDR3-1333-Kit-geheugen/html/product/801622?tk=7&lk=9328

I pushed down on my 24-pin, all my SATA connectors (both ways), I will post an update below this.
 
 
I will try that in a moment, and about the startup speed;
it is slower than when I first installed my SSD, but it is very fast in comparison with a HDD, its just the "windows rot" I guess.
 
 
UPDATES:
I've removed my 7850, both to make more room to work with and, to eliminated problems on the go.
and I've installed some windows updates (all available except for the language packs)
 
so far so good. I will keep you guys updated!

admin edit: added video inspired by this thread.
 

 
WARNING: I haven't seen anyone encountering this but just like overclocking, there is an inherent risk of damaging your display and it may not be covered by its warranty. It may not even be able to achieve the same settings other people are able to get.
 
Note: I did not make this guide but have used it on all of my monitors without any problems. Credits are due to the ones that originally posted these on another forum. 
 
What this guide is all about is how to get higher resolutions than what your display is capable of. It is called Downsampling. What it basically does is to have your GPU artificially push a resolution that's over what your display is able to do. The impact it will have on your GPU is equivalent to what it would do on a display that can actually output that resolution natively.
 
For example:
Your display is natively able to support a resolution up to 1920x1080. Using Downsampling it will send out a signal to tell your display to output a resolution of 2560x1440. Now on a display that can output a maximum resolution of 1080p has about 2 million pixels while a 1440p display outputs 3.7 million. Downsampling does not increase the amount of pixels being displayed. Itcan't go beyond that. What it does is bring that 1440p resolution to your 1080p display and compresses it to fit inside the screen. The effect it has is similar to zooming out on a lower resolution picture.
 
Below, you can see the difference in image quality on both images taken on the same display. Both images are using the same settings but with different resolutions.
 
 
Downsampling guide for NVIDIA cards: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509076
 
Downsampling guide for AMD cards: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=366244

Are there any plans to allow members to sell their old hardware or anything like that? Just curious because I know a lot of the computer forums allow member to do trades and sell computer components. Thanks!

I have had my pc at these settings since I bought it in February. It is 100% stable.