Nico Dubois

use the time you have, stress it on purpose: a long game session, a CPU benchmark loop, a big file copy... if it is gonna fail, you want it to fail inside the return window, not a month later.

also check sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup Image /RestoreHealth in an admin terminal. Factory iamges are not always perfect, and a broken system file can cause random crashes that look like hardware. good luck man!

hmmm a lot of day one crashes come from Windows Update installing generic drivers on top of teh manufacturers ones. Install the vendors own support app or chipset, graphics and Wi Fi drivers from the support page, then run updates again.…

@thread wrangler joined a community Discord for competitive shooters and found a regular group within a week, it completely changed my experience. thank u thank u thank u

I havent joined any community groups yet... didnt know where to start.

oh ive been there lol check temperatures with HWiNFO while playing. Crashes that only happen in heavy areas can be overheating or an unstable overclock, including factory overclocked GPUs. lmk how it goes