Lots of blue screens of death when playing games

[djpiper28]

So when I play a game I get blue screens of death within the first ten minutes (gamewise it is mostly fort ite). The problem started today (after a windows update I believe), apart from that the system is the same as yesterday. Not of my bsod say "unexpected store exception", I have looked up fixes for that error and none work for me.

I have checked my gpu drivers - they are up to date.
I have checked my hardware - seems fine.

If I cannot find a solution soon I will just install Ubuntu and never use windows again (my experience with it has been aweful on every machine).

 

[PuperHacker]

You're not alone! Check here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-3696622/screen-freezes-sound-buzzing-fix-kernel-error.html
Did the problem occur JUST after you installed Fall Creators Update?

 

[djpiper28]

IMPORTANT: No blue screens but the games still freeze up.

Also issues started after windows update to the latest version (that it game me without consent)

My RAM is being wired though: i have 8gb in 2 4gb sticks and each stick is recognised in the MSI board explorer HOWEVER it only says I have 4gb of RAM sometimes. My CPU cooler is correctly mounted (I know as I have had it mounted for 3 months and my last issue was fixed by a remounting - I over tightened).

This has led me to believe a stick of ram is dying or is dead.

Ram is really expensive at the moment and I will upgrade to a b350 system in summer so should I wait for that or buy new ram.

 

[PuperHacker]

IMPORTANT: No blue screens but the games still freeze up.

Also issues started after windows update to the latest version (that it game me without consent)

My RAM is being wired though: i have 8gb in 2 4gb sticks and each stick is recognised in the MSI board explorer HOWEVER it only says I have 4gb of RAM sometimes. My CPU cooler is correctly mounted (I know as I have had it mounted for 3 months and my last issue was fixed by a remounting - I over tightened).

This has led me to believe a stick of ram is dying or is dead.

Ram is really expensive at the moment and I will upgrade to a b350 system in summer so should I wait for that or buy new ram.

It depends on your needs. Can you tolerate the problem for 4+ months for the sake of price? Before rushing to conclusions, I suggest running the system with one ram stick per time to determine which (if any) stick has the malfunction. You can also change RAM slots.