FireClawGames

He's set the RAM to 2400 with the correct timings and has been playing the Witcher 3 for over an hour now with no issues, thank you all for your help! @SirixtheUnicorn, you should mark the response I quoted below as the solution.
 

You could just mine on ethermine if you don't like what you hear about nanopool. As for mining ZClassic that's completely up to you, again I'm extremely skeptical how the BTCP fork will work out.

So first you'll have to figure out which coin you want to mine you could use a site like WhatToMine (980 Ti isn't on the list so you might need to do some digging to get the correct values) to see which one is the most profitable at the time. You should choose a coin and stick with it. You'll have to get a wallet, get mining software, and then choose a pool to mine to
 
For example if you were to mine Ethereum I'd recommend using Exodus or MyEtherWallet if you don't want to download the blockchain. For mining software I'd recommend PhoenixMiner or ethminer for Nvidia cards. As for a pool a pretty safe bet would be ethermine or nanopool. All of them should have tutorials that should be enough to get you started, but if you need more help feel free to post again.
 
I've also done some research on the 980 Ti when it comes to mining and it seems like you might have some trouble initially. This post on Reddit might help you if you have a low hashrate.
Nicehash is really easy to set up and it's good if you aren't interested in really getting into it, but I wouldn't recommend using it because of how ownership of coins work with them, the fact that a ton of Bitcoin has been stolen from the before, and their fees.
I don't see any reason not to use a card to mine on the side when you don't pay electricity. If you're not using it why not make some money with it?

UPDATE: Visa is at fault! Check the edit for information.
 
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/15/17017374/coinbase-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-ether-unauthorized-charges
Coinbase being one of the most popular ways of buying cryptocurrencies it makes crytpo look bad and puts a huge stain on their reputation. Hopefully anyone that had bought coins with Coinbase after learning about crypto in their Mining Adventure series and on the WAN Show didn't get affected by this issue. Personally I know a lot of people who've used Coinbase and I think that most people who are just getting into it would use Coinbase given how much people recommend using their service. If it happens a third time I'm sure they'll be seeing people looking for alternatives even more than they are now.
 
It's a fantastic that they're refunding people, however I feel like the damage done will cause many to want more than a refund for their troubles.
 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/coinbase-says-customers-who-got-wrongly-charged-will-get-refunds
I feel like there should've been some sort of fail safe to make sure this sort of thing wouldn't happen. It reminds me of how Luke had been talking about how they weren't going to handle credit card transactions themselves (although I don't know how accurate that is now) and would use services like Stripe or PayPal to handle them instead.

EDIT:
Coinbase had originally stated that it was Visa's fault, then Visa claimed they weren't at fault, and then this joint statement came out on Coinbase's blog:
 
https://blog.coinbase.com/joint-statement-from-visa-and-worldpay-for-coinbase-customers-9a6f2ff5f3b3
So apparently Coinbase was not at fault for this which is great news! Hopefully Visa and their issuing banks don't make this sort of mistake again in the future.

That's probably a really good idea honestly. I might use it in the future with purchases on websites I don't quite trust.

I added something similar earlier today to an edit to the original post. Check out the joint statement that Coinbase and Visa released on Coinbase's blog.

With free electricity there's little reason not to mine when you're not gaming on the card. I'd recommend checking a website like WhatToMine to see which coin is worth it to mine and stick with that coin: right now it looks like Ethereum was a good choice. I assume you're mining with Claymore, but I'd personally recommend PhoenixMiner or just straight ethminer for Nvidia cards because I've had better results with my GTX 1060 3GB with them over Claymore.
 
Personally I'm mining ZClassic (ZCL) with bminer because there's a hard fork of it and Bitcoin (BTC) called Bitcoin Private (BTCP) with a 1:1 ratio of BTC to BTCP and ZCL to BTCP at the time of the fork. I don't, I repeat, don't know how it's going to work out or if this is a good choice, but we'll see.

Assuming you're mining to a pool like nanopool or ethermine (if at all) you'll get the ETH (Ethereum) to the wallet you specified in the settings once you reach the minimum payout. By using "ethereum money" you mean buy actual things, it's very unlikely that you'll find any place that accepts it yet, although Coinbase has PayPal-like service for paying for goods with crypto, so if you find a website using that you could do that. You can buy and sell ETH on various exchanges which you can find a list of on coinmarketcap.com, CryptoCompare and CoinGecko.

Questions are normal and they are good to ask, But there is always more information to know when you are planning things, Just like your Appartment complex may not like it when the power jumps to your suit by $100/month from a mining rig running, and if they keep track of it may be asking what is going on, and they may not allow or like the fact that you are mining. It is however THEIR building and power not yours.
 
As far as mining vs investing, You will make more money on investing in a shorter amount of time than you ever will mining, with investing you start small ($100) and play with that to make sure you get your moves right, and remember that FISCAL gains are not necessarily proper investing with funds, you are looking for Satoshi's when trading. 
 
As for taking a loss, well lets put it this way, if mining crashed tomorrow and you bought $3000 worth of RX580's for $500 PER card, and wanted to sell to recoup some money, do you really think your going to get any money back with a market flooded with mined on cards? Especially when most GAMERS refuse to use mined on cards as they THINK that us miners kill the cards by running them overclocked and undervolted 24/7. So that means you'll be fighting a market flooded with cards and next to no buyers.  Think about that one for a second.
 
Investing is very time consuming, and alot of things can go wrong, but can also go right. Mining is very time consuming, and alot of things can go wrong or right, hardware failures, maintenance, figuring out which coins to mine, how long your going to mine said coin, or if you run into the Noob mistake of switching coins all the time to dance around. My motto is pick a coin, and run with it for a minimum time of around 30days to see how things are going. If your going to be a fool and mine using Nicehash,Betterhash,Minergate, or many of the other "oneclick" done programs out there then take note that fee's are high, and until you have that coin in your personal Local or Hardware wallet then you dont own it and it can disappear (RE: Nicehack) where many people lost alot of currency due to their payout schedules which are even worse now.
 
I got into mining not to make money, but as a hobby/curiosity, I now have multiple rigs, many of which have an ROI paid off (if you actually care about ROI). 
 
GPU Mining > is one of the best to get into from the standpoint of hardware, mainly because its all useable and can switch algorithms, can make just as much as an ASIC per month for roughly the same cost ***ish***
 
ASIC Mining > Loud, space saving machines that are only really good for what they are designed for, Most profitable on batch #1 of the newest generation miner, from day #1 profits start dropping, If you do not buy direct you pay out the ass for one due to limited quantity. When they become non-profitable they are generally trash unless someone somewhere has custom firmware for them to switch to an alt coin. An antminer S9 currently makes less per month than one of my 12card GPU rigs.
 
Investing > Steep learning curve, highest risk, highest reward, time consuming with market watches, and you need to be ontop of the markets at all times if you want to trade on the highs. Overtrading can lead to losses among many other things.  I personally have made more in 1 month by trading than i have with 1 mining rig. Its all about making the right moves at the right time and alittle bit of luck.