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No. CPU is running at stock speeds. RAM is running at stock speed (2666) on its XMP profile.

I'm building a gaming PC for a friend of mine and am running into an issue that I have been unable to fix after many google searches. Hardware: CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 GPU: GTX 1070 Founders Motherboard: MSI B450I (mini-ITX) RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB Storage: Intel 660p M.2 1TB PSU: Corsair SF450 Case: Fractal Node 202 Note: The GPU was purchased used to save money, everything else is new. OS: Windows 10 64bit The Issue: When running a full screen 3D application (I've been using Unigen Heaven primarily) the screen is constantly flashing black. The frequency and duration of the flashes vary but it's generally a few seconds running, then a few seconds black. Notably, the mouse is still visible on screen when it goes black. MSI afterburner reports that the GPU is under no load while the screen is black. Sometimes the screen goes black and stays black until I force the machine to reboot. Windowed applications like chrome also flash black sometimes, though it is less frequent and generally more brief. When this happens, only that window goes black, not the whole screen. In addition to all of this, I have been getting BSODs with error code "VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR". These crashes do not seem to correlate to system load, and often occur right at startup. Hardware Troubleshooting I immediately suspected a DOA GPU but have pretty much ruled this out. When I put the GPU into my personal PC, it works flawlessly. Furthermore, when I put my personal known-good GPU (a 970) into the new system the exact same issue is present. I ruled out the 202's PCIE riser card as most debugging has been done outside the case with the GPU inserted directly into the motherboard. I've ruled out the PSU as using my known-good 850W power supply does not fix the issue. I've reseated the RAM, CPU, and M.2 drive. Software Troubleshooting I've reinstalled Windows several times, cleanly each time. I've reinstalled the graphics drivers, cleanly. I've updated the BIOS to the latest version. I've installed the motherboard drivers directly from MSI's website. I've messed with various setting in Nvidia control panel, but nothing seemed to have any effect. Sysnative Collection and Resource Monitor Report https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ja7dAGHIYRnRxtP41epI23niBJJYVbmM?usp=sharing Sorry for the long post. I would hugely appreciate any help here. I'm totally out of ideas.

Thanks so much for the suggestions guys! So far it looks like I have 1 vote for the macbook and 2 votes for an XPS 13. I was actually considering the XPS 13 before I posted here, after watching Linus's review on it. His he had pros and cons but overall his thoughts seemed positive and the laptop looked pretty good. Plus its a lot cheaper than the mac (in the config I'd want it would be $1100). Any other thoughts?

So I'm am looking to buy a new laptop. For the past few years my daily/gaming machine has been a decently powerful desktop PC that I built myself. My laptop, on the other hand, has been it an ancient and unbearably slow Lenovo that I only rarely use at school. Now I have graduated high school, and before I head off for college I want to get a more usable everyday laptop. I am fairly new to the market, so I really need suggestions to get started. My budget is pretty open, maybe $1200 $1700, but I could go higher if it was worth it. First off, I will be bringing my desktop with me for gaming and heavy duty working, so I am not looking for a gaming laptop. Instead I am looking for something that is portable, convenient, with good battery life, that doesn't sacrifice all it's power. I do a lot of photo and video editing, so the laptop needs to have a good display, preferably IPS. High resolutions are cool but not mandatory. My first thought was a macbook since they are just so ubiquitous. The $1500 13" macbook pro with retina seems to be about what I am looking for. I'm not anti-mac, but I do hate OSX, so if I got a macbook I would certainly install Windows, and if all things were equal, I would rather get a PC. What do you guys think is the best option? PS this is my first post on this forum so I apologize if I made any fatal errors.