Hi All!
I am VERY new to Unreal - am installing it to experiment with filmmaking. I have a very base knowledge of 3D worlds. I am not developing, coding, etc. Basically, unreal crashes often. My config is below, I started with a RTX 3060 and for Unreal specifically upgraded after all crashes to 4090. Still crashing. I am trying to make sense of the errors and reports, and some kinda help me but I’m mostly stupid with it. I have tested by literally starting up (though sometimes it will crash on start up or fail) and then just let it sit. By doing nothing at all, the program crashes.
I uninstalled MSI afterburner and am about to uninstall GeForce experience. I had found in these forums there might be issues with the GPU being accessed simultaneously with Unreal. I’ve tried a few UE 4 installs and UE 5.1 through now 5.3.1. I am certain there is something I am missing, was hoping for guidance.
I can provide FULL reports as I have started saving each, but the highlight reel is below 
Thank you all!
ERRORS
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff
BUILD
Chassis Model: Digital Storm Slade Studio Workstation
Processor: Intel Core i9-10850K (5.2 GHz Turbo) (20-Thread) (10-Core) 3.6 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z490-P / MSI Z490-A Pro (Intel Z490 Chipset) (Up to 2x PCI-E Devices) (No SLI Support)
System Memory: 64GB DDR4 3200MHz Digital Storm Performance Series
Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Performance Series (Semi-Modular) (80 Plus Gold)
Expansion Bay: Dual SSD Hot Swap Bay (Internal)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (500GB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series)
Storage Set 2: 1x SSD (1TB Samsung 860 EVO)
Storage Set 3: 1x Storage (2TB Seagate / Toshiba / Hitachi)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 4090 24GB (msi suprim)
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex Liquid CPU Cooler (Dual Fan) (Fully Sealed + No Maintenance)
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU - Up to 5.1GHz on All CPU Cores
Graphics: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (64-Bit) (build 19045)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows 10 Installation (Format and Clean Install)