My Computer is Haunted?! (srsly tho I need help)

[Dallior]

Hey howdy LTT community. I dunno if this is the right forum so move it if it needs to be.

 

So, my PC is a bit of a Ship of Theseus, what started as upgrading a 10 year old HP turned into a completely new rig over a few upgrade cycles. And ever since I started the process, my computer has been fairly unstable, with almost all of my games crashing on start up when you initially launch them, and some are unplayable since they can never get past the opening splash screen. Since the problem first arose, I've replaced the GPU, the CPU, the motherboard and chassis (went through the first one with a screwdriver, long story), the hard drive, everything but the RAM. So I'm wondering, is my problem a software glitch, could this be caused by the RAM, or should I redownload Windows?! Any help appreciated, sorry for this being a mess.

[Windows7ge]

If you have the latest updates for your version of windows and the latest drivers then it might be a hardware fault. If the systems unstable when you try to put a load on it then the common suspects are CPU overclock, sometimes RAM, the GPU, or the PSU isn't strong enough.

[LienusLateTips]

PSU is original?

Full specs?

[Syntaxvgm]

Well if you think it may be ram, get a flash drive and start with a memtest. PC troubleshooting should be a process of elimination when possible, so let's start here.

https://www.memtest86.com/technical.htm#win

 

 

Basically you install memtest on a USB stick and boot it, all the info's there. Post back if it come back clean/errors, or if you had a problem understanding how to use it.

[JoKeR-13]

After you upgraded your hardware, did you happen to reinstall Windows? If you didn't, it would be a good idea to transfer all of your important files and steam games to an external drive and wipe & reinstall Windows. It could be that because you have upgraded your hardware the system has a lot of left over drivers and things that are going to mess things up.

[Ace McPlane]

9 hours ago, Dallior said:

Hey howdy LTT community. I dunno if this is the right forum so move it if it needs to be.

 

So, my PC is a bit of a Ship of Theseus, what started as upgrading a 10 year old HP turned into a completely new rig over a few upgrade cycles. And ever since I started the process, my computer has been fairly unstable, with almost all of my games crashing on start up when you initially launch them, and some are unplayable since they can never get past the opening splash screen. Since the problem first arose, I've replaced the GPU, the CPU, the motherboard and chassis (went through the first one with a screwdriver, long story), the hard drive, everything but the RAM. So I'm wondering, is my problem a software glitch, could this be caused by the RAM, or should I redownload Windows?! Any help appreciated, sorry for this being a mess.

I agree with the two comments above, but list your system specs please.

By the way, are you using the original power supply?

That may be a bad idea.

It could be underpowered for your hardware and keep in mind, if a power supply blows, it can take out every other component in your system so it's not a part that should be overlooked or that you should cheap out on. 550watts and 80+bronze or higher should be your minimum.