Sound Glitch and system lock

[Pipboy]

Hello All,

New to the game, so maybe this has been addressed and I just cant find the answer.

Picked up the game the other day, but every time I play, after a fairly short time, my sound goes completely haywire and my whole system locks up, forcing me to hard reset.

I've tried searching for answers, but everything I've come across is really old posts that all say update drivers. My video card driver is current, I updated my mobo drivers and bios as well. Nothing seems to be helping this issue. If someone has a fix, that'd be great because the vague maybe solutions I've been finding arent helping.

Im not home atm so cant post all my stuff...Heres what I know, can gather more later if needed
Win 10 64-bit
Nvidia 970 card
z270 Pro Gaming/Aura mobo
8 GB of ram (I know its low, Im waiting on my new sticks lol)

Any help would be appreciated...I'd love to get deeper into this game

Thanks!

Edit: Been trying to run DX11 version. I've seen things about DX9 but not sure how to switch to it or if its still a thing