u/tiredmercymain

My PC was custom-built by my brother around 2019–2020 and lately I’ve been having random crashes/black screens, mostly while playing Overwatch. Specs are Ryzen 7 3700X, RTX 2060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 2560×1440 monitor at 59Hz, and Windows 10. Overwatch originally started crashing pretty consistently after about 5–6 minutes, with the PC itself still running but the game crashes and monitor losing signal (“No DP signal”/“No HDMI signal”). I had the thermal paste replaced because I thought overheating might be the issue, and after getting the thermal paste replaced, the crashes became more random instead of happening consistently, but they didn’t completely stop. It’s also happened while playing Roblox and The Sims 4, so it isn’t only Overwatch. I’ve reinstalled/updated NVIDIA drivers, reinstalled Overwatch, disabled NVIDIA Overlay, lowered settings, capped FPS, and tried borderless windowed. Windows has also logged NVIDIA Overlay/libcef.dll and dwm.exe errors, and I eventually got a BugCheck 0x0000003B crash with a MEMORY.DMP. My GPU has reached around 82°C under load, and playing with the glass side panel off seems to help somewhat. A PC technician recommended upgrading to Windows 11 and eventually upgrading the GPU. I mainly play Overwatch, Sims 4 with mods, Minecraft and Roblox, and I’d also like to use After Effects/video editing. At this point, would it make more sense to upgrade the GPU/other parts, or should I just replace the entire PC?

My PC was custom-built by my brother around 2019–2020 and lately I’ve been having random crashes/black screens, mostly while playing Overwatch. Specs are Ryzen 7 3700X, RTX 2060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 2560×1440 monitor at 59Hz, and Windows 10. Overwatch used to crash consistently after about 5–6 minutes, with the PC still running but the game crashing and monitor losing signal (“No DP signal”/“No HDMI signal”), and now it happens more randomly. I’ve also been getting pretty bad FPS drops/lag, especially on the hero selection screen, and my GPU has reached around 82°C under load. I recently had the thermal paste replaced, reinstalled/updated NVIDIA drivers, reinstalled Overwatch, disabled NVIDIA Overlay, lowered settings, capped FPS, and tried borderless windowed. Windows has also logged NVIDIA Overlay/libcef.dll and dwm.exe errors, and I eventually got a BugCheck 0x0000003B crash with a MEMORY.DMP. Sims 4 is mostly fine but has crashed once with mods. A PC technician recommended updating to Windows 11 and eventually upgrading the GPU, and playing with the glass side panel off seems to help. I mainly play Overwatch, Sims 4 with mods, Minecraft and Roblox, and I’d also like to use After Effects/video editing. At this point, would it make more sense to upgrade the GPU/other parts, or should I just replace the entire PC?