Looking for advice solving a two part question (I suspect both might be related to storage) -
I have a home PC which I use almost exclusively for gaming. Specs as follows (new to forums, please let me know if extra is needed)
Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
MSI Gaming Edge Wifi
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor 4.20 GHz
16 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (upgraded to this from 2070 super about a year ago)
Problem 1
I have had issues for several years regarding downloads on essentially every launcher (Steam, Epic, Xbox, Ubisoft, etc.) dropping to zero for several seconds. Note, this is not a slow download issue, just a download crawls up to full speed, then drops to zero, repeat. Does not appear to be an issue downloading anything online via Chrome or (god-forbid) Edge.
Fairly certain it's not an ISP issue - no issues on any other devices. Confident it's my PC, I just don't know enough about where to check.
Problem 2
Multiple games crash regularly (sometimes just to desktop, occasionally blue screens).
About a month prior to the onset of Problem 2, I did an annual-ish complete reset of my PC (including all drives), which has not worked in the past for Problem 1. Updated bios about a week ago, no apparent change in either problem.
My C drive housing Windows is a 512GB M.2 nvme, and my D drive where most of my games go is a sata 2.5" SSD. I believe the read/write speeds shouldn't be the issue, but would have to double check. No other storage devices.
Any help or pointers to other threads addressing either problem would be greatly appreciated. I have tried more than my post indicates over the course of the past couple years, so all of the usual first-stops from Google and various forums don't seem to have been the problem.
I'm not a computer expert, so please be specific with any proposed steps.
Respectfully,
Getting Tired of This
I have a home PC which I use almost exclusively for gaming. Specs as follows (new to forums, please let me know if extra is needed)
Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
MSI Gaming Edge Wifi
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor 4.20 GHz
16 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (upgraded to this from 2070 super about a year ago)
Problem 1
I have had issues for several years regarding downloads on essentially every launcher (Steam, Epic, Xbox, Ubisoft, etc.) dropping to zero for several seconds. Note, this is not a slow download issue, just a download crawls up to full speed, then drops to zero, repeat. Does not appear to be an issue downloading anything online via Chrome or (god-forbid) Edge.
Fairly certain it's not an ISP issue - no issues on any other devices. Confident it's my PC, I just don't know enough about where to check.
Problem 2
Multiple games crash regularly (sometimes just to desktop, occasionally blue screens).
About a month prior to the onset of Problem 2, I did an annual-ish complete reset of my PC (including all drives), which has not worked in the past for Problem 1. Updated bios about a week ago, no apparent change in either problem.
My C drive housing Windows is a 512GB M.2 nvme, and my D drive where most of my games go is a sata 2.5" SSD. I believe the read/write speeds shouldn't be the issue, but would have to double check. No other storage devices.
Any help or pointers to other threads addressing either problem would be greatly appreciated. I have tried more than my post indicates over the course of the past couple years, so all of the usual first-stops from Google and various forums don't seem to have been the problem.
I'm not a computer expert, so please be specific with any proposed steps.
Respectfully,
Getting Tired of This
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