Unreal constantly crashing

So i noticed in several projects unreal was crashing more than usual. Im running windows on an ssd, and have most of everything else installed and stored on a secondary hdd. I tried uninstalling unreal, deleting old projects im not longer working on, defragging the hdd, running chkdsk and sfc/scannow, checked for graphics card updates (there were none), then reinstalling unreal on my ssd. The problem keeps persisting, and it seems very random when its happening. One time it happend when i tried aligning nodes in an animation blueprint. Another time it happend when i tried to make a new blueprint actor. Theres nothing intensive about either of these things. Any ideas what could be wrong?
Also my graphics card is an nvidia gtx 970m if that matters.