Windows 10: PC always crashing and BSOD when playing games

Hello, I've had this problem for a while now, but I purchased a pre-built PC from NZXT and have struggled with constant crashing and blue screening when playing games. I've included the two latest crash dumps following this, but basically, I cannot play any game that is harder to run than League of Legends. Even on some older, what should be easy to run games, I can't get through 30 seconds without seeing a BSOD. Newer games, such as Hogwarts Legacy, there's just no chance. I'm running an i5-10400, RTX 2080, and 16GB of Ram, so my specs should be just fine. I suspect either faulty Ram or possi

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BSOD When playing games

Hi Jackson,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

Please share the information requested below:

• Does the BSOD occur while playing a particular game?
• Is the game downloaded from Windows Store?

I suggest you to update the Graphic Card drivers by following the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key + X, select Device Manager.
• Expand Display Adapters.
• Right click on the driver and select Update Driver Software.
• Follow the on-screen prompts to update.

Refer the link below for more information:

Resolving Blue Screen errors in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

 

BSOD while playing games

Follow the instructions to run driver verifier again from BSOD while playing games, but now use these settings instead.

• Special Pool
• Force IRQL checking
• Pool Tracking
• Security Checks
• Miscellaneous Checks
• Power framework delay fuzzing
• DDI compliance checking
• I/O verification

 

BSOD while playing games

Should I activate verifier for all drivers or only for unsigned drivers?