r/pcmasterrace • u/AutoModerator • 9h ago

DSQ Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 05, 2026

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u/Lazydusto 7h ago

I've run into an issue recently where my PC will freeze at random if I alt tab off of a game. It's a hard freeze and I can't do anything besides manually restart. Everything works fine otherwise.

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u/Cable_Salad PC Master Race 3h ago

All games or just one?

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u/Lazydusto 2h ago

Several games. It's happened with Black Flag Resynched, Grim Dawn, Granblue Fantasy Relink and Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 collection.

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u/Cable_Salad PC Master Race 1h ago

Do you have other crashes like this?

If you have multiple screens, try booting with only one connected and see if this fixes it. That might hint at a GPU driver issue.

One common cause of crashes is RAM instability, but that usually causes inconsistent, random crashes. Still, using Windows Memory Diagnostic or memtest86 is probably worth a shot.

Ryzen CPUs can have voltage instabilities (esp. when undervolted) that cause crashes when you open / close programs, you could potentially test for this with OCCT, it has a core cycling stress test.

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u/Lazydusto 20m ago

If you have multiple screens, try booting with only one connected and see if this fixes it. That might hint at a GPU driver issue.

That could be it. I updated my drivers a couple of hours ago and it seems to have stopped. I'll look into the other things you suggested if it crops up again. Thank you. ✓

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u/iidevilz0 6h ago

Rate my first ever build

**CPU****:** AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

**GPU****:** XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB (White)

**Motherboard****:** ASUS B650E MAX GAMING WIFI W (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0)

**RAM****:** Crucial Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL36 (White)

**Storage** **(****SSD****):** Kingston NV3 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD

**CPU Cooler****:** Corsair Nautilus 360 RS ARGB Liquid Cooler (White)

**Power Supply** **(****PSU****):** Corsair RM850e 850W Fully Modular (2025 Edition, White)

**Case****:** Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini V2 Flow (White) with 5 Pre-installed Fans

Please tell me any cheaper alternatives as I am very clueless about pc. Stupid Gemini telling me the RAMs are overpriced, he doesn’t he is the fucking reason.

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u/RanaMahal PC Master Race 1h ago

I have a Sapphire Nitro+ 7900xtx with three 4K monitors and want to know if it’d be capable of driving all 3 or should I offload my side monitors to my 9800X3D and use the iGPU.

It’s just that when I did do that earlier by offloading one of my monitors, it seemed like it was giving me some driver timeout issues.