# Unreal Engine keeps crashing/freezing my entire PC 

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**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [October 22, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-keeps-crashing-freezing-my-entire-pc/2843949 "2026-10-22T17:27:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![zuumi696](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@zuumi696](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/zuumi696)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-keeps-crashing-freezing-my-entire-pc/2843949/1 "2026-10-22T17:27:34Z")

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Hi everyone,

I am having severe technical issues with my PC whenever I run Unreal Engine. The system becomes completely unstable, causing the entire computer to crash and freeze after a few minutes of use.

Here are my exact PC Specifications:

- CPU: Intel Core i7-14700KF
- Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI
- RAM: 32 GB
- OS: Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)

The issue happens consistently when working inside the engine. The screen completely freezes, and I am forced to hard reset the PC using the power button. Other high-demand software and games run without any issues.

I have already verified that my GPU drivers are up to date, but the problem persists. Since I am using a 14th Gen Intel processor, I suspect it might be related to stability issues, but I would appreciate any guidance or steps to properly diagnose and fix this.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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**Author:** ![brs-sebascova](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/brs-sebascova/32/1052483_2.png) [@brs-sebascova](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/brs-sebascova)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-keeps-crashing-freezing-my-entire-pc/2843949/2 "2026-10-22T20:13:23Z")

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Hello there @zuumi696!

Looking around the community, I think your suspicion with the CPU makes sense. Intel has [reported](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000102331/processors.html) instability issues with some 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, caused by the CPU requesting too much voltage, and released fixes through motherboard BIOS updates. And UE is already a quite taxing process, generating heavy loads for the CPU cores, so it could trigger the crash/freeze. To address the problem, I would try the following:

- First of all, following the article, update your BIOS to the latest version, then commit to use stock settings for it, disabling XMP and any active CPU overlocks in your system

- After that, test your setup again, while monitoring the system parameters using tools like HWiNFO

- If you get more freezes, try to check the potential trigger via Windows’ Event Viewer (look for any hardware instability calls)

- It would also be worth clearing up your current GPU driver set with DDU, then making a clean install of the latest driver set