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BSOD's while playing heavy games
Hi, with those stop codes, I would focus on getting reliable dump files first. Without dumps, everyone is guessing.
Make sure the page file is enabled on the Windows system drive, set Startup and Recovery to create a small memory dump, and turn off automatic restart so you can capture the exact stop code. Since Driver Verifier produced `0xC4`, leave it disabled for normal use, but that does suggest a driver is misbehaving.
For this hardware, I would update BIOS, AMD chipset drivers, GPU driver, and SSD firmware. Also test with EXPO/DOCP off and RAM at default speed for a while. `KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR` can point toward storage/pagefile issues, while heavy DX12 games can expose GPU, PSU, memory, or driver instability. Once you have a minidump, the failing driver name will narrow this down a lot.