This can be considered closed. I haven't had a single crash since switching to the 200GE. I appreciate all the help.

Figured I'd post an update since I "solved" the problem. When I bought the CPUU the bios on the motherboard weren't compatible without a bios update so I also picked up the CHEAPEST USED AMD chip I could at the time. Yep, I put a $15 Athlon 200GE in this bad boy and now Factorio runs. It doesn't run ...

Wow. Been awhile since I did a memtest. It will have to wait for the weekend. I don't think it will finish overnight

I tried every combination of sticks including solo and none work.

I also tried xmp, non xmp, over and under clocking, and manually settings.

I'll try the memtest

This is a pretty early Ryzen. Whenever I do upgrades I usually spend quite a bit of time deciding what to get. It was still near the top at the time and it would last me for a good while. I'll dig into AMD's current gens and look at their AM4 offerings. Next major upgrade will be going back to Intel ...

Thank you for the reply. I've been wracking my brain for weeks on this. I guess my search terms were incorrect. I'll look into replacing the cpu. I'm just nervous about replacing more stuff.

Again, thank you. I should have used this forum sooner.

Dropped render threads to 2.

Removed Power Armor Mk3

New crash log

New crash. Loaded save then crashed. Same save as earlier

With almost 6500hrs., I really love this game but this is getting really frustrating.

Sometimes it will run for hours and sometimes it won't make the menu screen. I cant recreate it because it does not seem to relate to any activities. It happens with or without mods. In truly masochistic Factorio ...