This is an issue that’s been going on for a while and makes gaming very frustrating, as sometimes it’ll go days without this happening, and then it’ll happen every time I launch a game. There is no specific game that it happens with. Under a different account that’s since been deactivated for unrelated reasons, I have previously posted to PCMasterrace to no avail; posted again there, still to no avail; and posted to techsupport where the only guy that replied told me to either buy a completely new computer (not buy new parts- buy a new computer entirely), or pay someone to fix whatever the problem is.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

-Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers

-Doing that again

-And again, because that’s practically the only solution given anywhere for problems like this

-Completely removed all nVidia drivers with DDU, then reinstalled them again

-Making sure the drivers are the latest edition available

-Rolling back drivers to earlier editions when that didn’t work

-I have checked all cables to make sure they’re secure and properly plugged in

-Reseated GPU and used different slots

-Underclocked GPU

-Removed overclock from CPU

-Let Windows Defender and Malwarebytes scan my PC (nothing found)

-I’m sure there’s a couple things I’m forgetting, I may remember later

It’s not a heating issue. I’ve checked temps up to when it crashes, and they’re fine, well within normal parameters (usually around 60-65c while gaming).

The only clue I’ve got is that sometimes, but not always, when it crashes I’ll hear the fans spin up higher than normal for maybe a quarter of a second, then spin back down. I don’t know if it’s case fans, GPU fans, or maybe even the PSU fan, as it happens so quickly. It’s a 650w PSU and I have a GTX 1070 and i5 6600k, so there’s definitely enough power.

My last resorts are to A) wipe the 2+TB of data on my PC and spend the next 80 years redownloading stuff or B) shell out hundreds of dollars to start replacing parts until it works again. Neither of which are really options.