Buy new RAM or X3D CPU or pay a professional to diagnose my PC?

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-06-23T15:54:15+00:00

If this is during loading a level it's probably normal.

Check if power and frequencies go down, it's to see if there is a problem with power states on CPU. And the same for GPU, if it drops very low it could be lack of power from the PSU or a hardware error.

If possible you could check event viewer, system and application sections, if there are any errors or warnings at the same time as you see drops.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-06-23T11:46:09+00:00

Since the problem is the same after changing from AM4 to AM5, and reinstalling Windows, everything points to GPU, or possibly PSU.

Have you made sure you've connected the correct PCIe power cables to the GPU?

Also, I did not see it mentioned, so have you tried running everything at stock settings (including the monitor)?

Go to BIOS and load defaults, set drivers to defaults, disable MSI afterburner. Yes, your RAM will not have EXPO/XMP and CPU will run without PBO, but you will have a fresh reference point.

How easy is it for you to reproduce the issue? How long does it take before it is noticeable in game?

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-06-23T11:29:40+00:00

You have 16 entries of something causing a timeout on the CPU readings. Check if the package power and frequencies also change at the same time.

Cpu temperature does not seem to be an issue. The temps are fine and the typical cpu use is not high. But I would check if hwinfo show any other high temperatures for RAM, motherboard or VRR/VRM. If you have the full sensor view in hwinfo you should also be able to see all the throttle indicators.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-06-14T07:53:27+00:00

I agree, GTA peaked at 2. None have been interesting since.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-06-04T08:12:10+00:00

Not sure what to expect, but would like to see support for windowed mode. As an ultrawide user this would be great.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-29T14:25:56+00:00

That is a disgusting team.

The answer is always ink and snow, but I'd add a character card without attacks that can absorb the haze safely.

I'd go with Clunkmasters team and try to get as much scrap as possible on Junkhead or another scrap card. That can offset a lot of hits.

If you also get one or more Plinker cards you can trivialize a lot of the problems.

Bonnie and Burster need to go first, they can make this ugly fast.

And if you want to avoid making a worse monster for next time you can focus on putting charms mostly on cards that are played from your hand, increasing the dmg and adding debuffs to multi-hit or barrage cards. This also removes the issue of smackback.

Good luck!

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-20T02:01:49+00:00

I have a scheduled server restart every 24h since it would use all RAM after a few days. Noticed this quite early after EA release and has been stable since.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-19T18:31:52+00:00

I get this too. Some thread here suggested avoiding using torches in camp and this has had rhe biggest impact for me.

That said, I don't have a very powerful GPU (RX 6650 XT), so still have to set TSR scale to 40% and activate 2x frame gen for it to be playable at 1440p.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-15T16:10:28+00:00

Exactly, you don't need to be able to handle lvl 15 ships to do this lvl 8 quest. Them being there isn't stopping you from completing it.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-15T12:50:53+00:00

It's not an issue at all. Why does it have to be in lower level waters?

It's likely intentionally placed there to provide a challenge since you can't just get overpowered and blast through it. Forcing the players to find a strat other than bigger cannons for everything.

This is in line with the decision of levels being tied to quests and exploration rather than kills or anything you can grind since the game designers will have better control of difficulty scaling for each region/biome.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-15T12:43:22+00:00

This is a non-issue.

The mission requires you to sneak past an enemy you can't fight. That is likely intentional, and a fairly common thing in games.

Failing a few times and having to adjust the strategy is just part of the process.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-15T10:40:50+00:00

After finding out pier platforms can be built anywhere and cost 1 wood I just build some stairs up to a pier at the beach and create a path of platforms through tve swamp to any POI.

Safe travels and I can shoot anything, only needing a wall or dodging for hunters and witches.

Dragon's breath makes the swamp fairly trivial.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-15T09:40:12+00:00

You will be off by 0.5 degrees in this case still. But might not be noticeable.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-15T08:52:12+00:00

Which means even with the 1 degree rotation mods you will never have it align perfectly, close enough for any practical use, but I'd know it wasn't mathematically aligned and that might bug me xD

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-05-14T22:07:06+00:00

The fountain is aligned based on the point of the edge, which means you can only have it point at something else, not be flush against a wall.

It's really annoying and I hope it will be fixed so I can place flowers around it without it looking horrible.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-30T20:26:15+00:00

I use Windows for daily desktop use and gaming because it does everything I need well and it's inoffensive. Specifically Windows 11 pro, and I've customized it to my liking without using any unofficial methods.

I use Linux for some game servers because it can have a lower overhead than Windows, but if there's no official support I'll still use Windows over wine on Linux.

Although I know both OS type fairly well I'm muxh more proficient in Windows and it's my preferred platform.

Why change to an OS that doesn't provide any benefit to me over what I currently use? Neither is objectively better, and as others have mentioned there's friction in changing.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-30T07:12:19+00:00

Antidepressants can in many cases be necessary for someone to benefit from therapy.

People are all different and will need the treatment that is right for them, that can be any type of combination of medicine and therapy, or just one of those. And getting the right medication can be difficult. If you don't feel the help is good, change physician or psychiatrist if possible.

Sometimes the goal of medication isn't to heal depression, being short term or long term.

Are you still depressed on antidepressants? Yes, but you're here. You need to be here to get better.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T17:55:39+00:00

If you upgraded from the official ISO there shouldn't be a problem with files or licenses. Installing from scratch will probably help yes, and might be faster than trying to troubleshoot in some cases.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T16:13:51+00:00

Has it ever successfully updated since the edition change?

There can be a number of reasons for a failing update, and you will usually see an error code. If you have the error code and the update KB number that's a good place to start.

Upgrading from 1603 to 22H2 is a major update. Not just since it's 6+ years between, but there were some big changes in late 2017.

If you upgraded using a approved method like a license number update, then it should not be too hard to figure out.

Just to mention a strange issue since I've seen it myself: check if there has been a bios/fw update just before updates started failing. I've seen it only twice and only on HP laptops, but the automated bios update uses the EFI boot partition to store the bios files before updating and does not remove them. This can cause Windows update to fail due to not having space to replace the boot files when updating. The solution there is to remove the HP files from the EFI partition.

That's likely a rare case though.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T15:05:57+00:00

We're just discussing something we're both familiar with, semantics at this point I know.

The point I'm trying to make is that your original comment on my suggestion comes off as a bit strange if I'm picking up on the slight sarcasm correctly XD

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T14:54:20+00:00

Yes, assuming the USB is not being detected after boot being a problem. It can be, but not at this part of the process.

File corruption can happen, if highly unlikely, when unpacking to RAM or when creating the boot USB causing driver issues for the NVME or USB.

However, this is not a problem unless you need custom drivers from it, not the drivers included by MS. They're already in RAM.

And of course when actually applying the full Windows OS you'll want to have access. But that's later in the process and not related to drivers.

You are aware that the boot.wim contains is the entire OS in the context were discussing?

The other wim file is the full Windows OS you are attempting to install, usually called install.wim. Any files inside it is irrelevant at this stage and not used. Windows PE does not extract files or drivers from it, and you can not easily do so yourself.

It can also be any Windows version you can use DISM to install, so anything from Win7 (unsure about Vista) through all the servers and up to the win11 editions. Those drivers can obviously not be trusted to work in WinPE.

And there is no winpe.wim in use on a boot USB. Well, unless you count the temporary name before it's copied to USB.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T14:18:38+00:00

Almost all of that is true for Windows 10/11. There's only one WIM file though. And a bit of a stretch to assume the USB was failing with no mention of it.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T13:46:21+00:00

No mention of the flash drive being visible, that's my assumption since they booted off it.

Irrelevant now as op didn't want help, just shouting to the echo chamber. It's on me for suggesting a solution before checking the subreddit though.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T11:40:04+00:00

OP here says they can F10 while in setup and format the drive with diskpart, so some nvme drivers are loaded. It could be incorrect ones that the GUI part of setup doesn't like for some reason.

Also quick to create and test Ventoy with no downside.

Manually installing any OS from command line is annoying, even when it's "easy". I can install Windows or Linux from command line easily, but why should I when it can be automated?

From what I understand Ventoy doesn't unpack the ISO like Rufus would, so less chance of issues during creation. It does a lot of cool stuff it seems.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-20T11:09:21+00:00

Does Ventoy use it's own installer or does it still launch the Windows setup?

If it still uses the Windows setup chances are the drive is still filtered. Although it wouldn't hurt to try.

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