MrNeelix

for around $2000. This is about as good as it gets. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $369.99 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $69.99 @ B&H Motherboard Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $99.99 @ SuperBiiz Memory Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg Storage ADATA - XPG GAMMIX S11 960 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $207.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $58.89 @ OutletPC Video Card Zotac - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING AMP Video Card $769.89 @ OutletPC Case NZXT - H500i (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $99.00 @ B&H Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.89 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1880.62 Mail-in rebates -$15.00 Total $1865.62 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-30 16:18 EST-0500

well how much do you want to spend

i doubt the a BIOS update is going to solve BSOD, on install. Especially when he is using a B450 Board with a 2nd gen Ryzen. It should not be required. If he was on a B350 Board i could see that being an issue. But then he shouldn't even post.

I once had an old build that did something simlar. I did manage to get windows installed. But i would have an issue where i would boot and it would post then crash. If i restarted it a few times eventually i would get in. My first instinct was bad Mobo. Wasn't the case, so i swapped the CPU and bam everything was good. It could be you just have a faulty part. maybe the CPU.

Hes got a RX580 listed

sounds like your hard drive is the problem. do you have a different drive you can try?

Australia Link for cooler

For your CPU cooler, this one works great and is not crazy expensive like a Noctua. DEEPCOOL-GAMMAXX-400

if you are using a stock cooler for an 8 series i7. That chip is probably running hotter than your old i5. Its probably causing high ambient temps in your case. Thus your GPU is having to try harder to stay cool. if you set up a more aggressive fan curve that should solve your issue. You could also invest in a decent CPU cooler.

I highly doubt a GTX 1060 is being bottlenecked by an I5-6700

Sounds like your motherboard is the issue, If 2 cards are having identical issues. If windows is not detecting the card, then the slot may have issues. Are you seating the card correctly into your PCI-E slot?

Do you have a resource monitor installed like MSI Afterburner? What are your thermals like? Also have you tried reinstalling your GPU Drivers?

yeah I'd turn off freesync, it sounds like your monitor, is not playing well in the sandbox.