First PC build, problem with games crashing (black screen).
First PC build, problem with games crashing (black screen).
So I was really excited to build my first PC, but I am beginning to get anxious that I may have messed something up. I put everything together and installed windows 10. I then updated windows/all drivers on GIGABYTE/AMD. I have even gone though my device manager to ensure that all drivers are up to date. The PC is booting up correctly but anytime I try to play a game (Borderlands 3, EOT) the game will randomly crash. This doesn't always happen immediately, I played Escape From Tarkov for 3 hours the other day. but eventually either 10 mins into playing or an hour into play the games will crash to a black screen and I will have to restart the PC. I am fairly new to this and would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions. Also, I have monitored the temps of the GPU and CPU. GPU has gotten up to 72 C and the CPU stays around 50-60 C while gaming.
Specs are below.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
GIGABYTE B450M DS3H
PowerColor Red Dragon RX 590 8GB
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3600
System Power U9 600W, BN 608, 80 Plus Bronze
https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm
Run memory testing for 8+ hours and see if you're stable. 450 chipset doesn't usually make it to 3600mhz from my admittedly limited experience.
https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm
Run memory testing for 8+ hours and see if you're stable. 450 chipset doesn't usually make it to 3600mhz from my admittedly limited experience.
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