It's great to have some tech-savvy ppl responding to this thread. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I was having a similar problem with my PC and after doing a fair bit of digging (I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, proficient with the tech side of computers; I merely dabble), I came to the conclusion that I needed to do three things, in particular. First, I needed to reset my computer to its factory settings and reinstall my OS (Win 11 Home). Second, I needed to update my BIOS. Third, I needed to update my chip set drivers. After doing these three things, my BSOD crashes mid-game have completely stopped. However, BG3 *does* still crash all on its own fairly often (more often than a game should), but it no longer crashes my entire system.
I might draw the ire of AMD enthusiasts but I have a sneaking suspicion that these crashes are perpetuated by AMD parts. I've always had Intel/Nvidia systems in the past and decided to give AMD a try with my current rig and it has given me nothing but regrets.
I'll list my build below, in case someone much smarter than me can see something wonky about it.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Vermeer 3.8GHz 8-core AM4 Processor
MasterLiquid ML240L V2 240mm water cooling
MSI x570S MAG Tomahawk Max WiFi AMD AM4 ATX motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (2x16) DDR4-3200 PC4-25800 CL 16 Dual Channel memory
MSI AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Triple fan 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 graphics card
Samsung 980 SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 solid state drive
PowerSpec 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX modular power supply
Lian Li Lancool II Mesh Type C ATX mid-tower case
Microsoft Windows 11 Home
You have for example good cpu acompanied with top tier motherboard. Ssd etc work well.
But then you have acompanied that with low tier psu. Brand that have made absolute garbage psus. Maybe your is not, but it is low tier at best.
Another thing to note. Amd ryzen benefits cpu speed wise from good memory. It’s internal parts run speed relation to memory speed. I would consider your memory speed ”minimum” reasonable for ryzen to operate properly.
Not all ryzens can run 4000MHz memory (mine does not), but 3600MHz memory speed (and thus ryzen internal bus speed) should be everyones aim.
So you have mixed top tier parts (mobo+cpu) with (lowish) mediocre (ram) and with low tier parts (psu).
In case of shutdown problems I would walk to store and get PSU I can trust and go from there.
