Game failures occur after installing a new PC.
Game failures occur after installing a new PC.
Hey there, I just finished assembling my first PC after spending nine years using a prebuilt unit. I made some changes, but this is my very first complete build. Once the setup was done, the machine started up normally and ran without issues. However, after playing for a while, games began to crash. It’s been happening in Marvel Rivals, Overwatch 2, and NFS Unbound. Oddly enough, it doesn’t seem to occur in League of Legends—maybe that game is just too simple. I encounter different errors when the crashes happen. In Marvel Rivals I see a memory-related error, Overwatch shows “Rendering Device lost,” and NFS just stops without any warning. The whole system stays stable; no blue screens or overheating signs. At first I thought the hardware was getting too hot, so I checked Overwatch’s system temps. When the game crashed, my CPU reached 67°C and GPU 73°C—still not extreme, but it raised my suspicion. I ran an OCCT stress test on all parts and got zero errors after an hour. I also used the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool with no issues and tried disabling the XMP profile in BIOS. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Here’s the full component list: CPU – Ryzen 9 5900X, GPU – Palit RTX 3060 Ti, Dual OC RAM – 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB, Motherboard – MSI B550M-PRO-VDH, CPU cooler – Arctic Liquid Freezer III 240mm, PSU – Gigabyte UD850GM 850W (80 PLUS Gold), SSD – 1TB NVMe, and a few Arctic RGB fans. The RAM and GPU I used previously worked fine too (upgraded about a year ago).
Ram installed in slots A2 and B2. Current speed being used? DOCP is enabled. Still experiencing crashes? Adjust DRAM voltage, frequency, and primary memory timings manually. Verify no OC is active. Optimizer used? PBO curve optimizer. Ensure CMOS cleared before testing. Resize bar must be activated in BIOS. Fast boot status should match Windows settings (Fast Startup). Any discrepancies may cause GPU driver issues on B550 and RX 7000 series GPUs. Source: AMD support page.
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New setup from scratch. No older storage devices used. Previous rig ran an i7-6700 with a B150 chipset.
I verified the RAM placement, reactivated A-XMP and turned off PBO. The resizable bar was already set. All drivers were updated. I attempted a BIOS update via MSI Dragon Center, but it crashed with a black screen for over two hours before I unplugged the PC. After powering it back on, only the CPU indicator remained visible. I reset the CMOS and used a laptop to download the BIOS file from a USB drive. The flashing succeeded on the third try. Since the GPU had worked well in my previous system for nearly a year, I considered copying the Windows installation to a known good Samsung SATA SSD.