Screen Corruption problems, no idea why

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Fruitloops

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I've been having Screen Corruption problems for a long time. I've recently decided to replace some components to try and fix the problem. I got a new Motherboard, CPU, RAM and Hard drive. Everything worked amazingly well for a month or two and then the Screen Corruption came back.

The Screen Corruption is completely random. It can happen while I'm gaming, browsing the web, watching youtube, or sometimes even randomly does it on start up. Once I get the screen corruption and I'm forced to reboot, the screen corruption almost always stays on next start up. From POST to Windows and it stays like that, usually crashes at 'Loading Windows'.
I can sometimes be Watching youtube, playing a game and have 10 tabs open up at the same time with no problems. Then the next day I can be writing in note pad and the corruption will happen.

One of the only ways to Usually fix it is to Turn off the power, unplug power cable and turn power on again. I'm assuming that there is a problem with the Power Supply. I've checked the Bios monitor settings for the voltage and what not and it seems to be fine.

I've ran multiple Check Disks and the logs don't seem to show any errors.
I've also ran Memory Test for over 20 hours and the Corruption even happened during that after around 10 hours. The Memory Test said everything passed and had no errors.

I've also formatted and reinstalled Windows 7. After rebooting to start configuration, there was a constant Corruption on the screen throughout everything but I could load up windows and do everything just fine.

Here's some pics of the Corruption.

Re-installing Windows 7 / Formatting drive
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Memory Test, checking RAM.
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My Specs:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz 33 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1200MHz (11-13-13-35)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LX2 (LGA1155) 26 °C
Graphics
Generic Non-PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 38 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 ATA Device (SATA) 27 °C

I just really need help figuring out what the hell is causing it. The GPU? PSU? Corrupted HD? I have no idea what to do anymore and I'm fed up of it. ANY help at all would be greatly appreciated.

P.s. Sorry for the long post but I like to be detailed.
 
Thank you for the fast replies. As I was reading this, I got BSOD telling me 'Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed'.

I've tried to boot up with On-Board graphics and the screen just stays black. I've tried with both VGA and HDMI. The Pc seems to boot up fine but the screen stays black.
 
RJC said:
Did you remove the external GPU?

Also check the BIOS to ensure the on board is enabled.
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Ofc lol, *Quickly removes external GPU*, think I'm stupid lol?

Onboard works fine now :P Any way I can check whether this gets Screen Corruption or I just have to wait and see?

Thanks for the replies and help.
 
Don't have an exact budget but I'd say something around 100-150, maybe a bit over.

Specs

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1200MHz (11-13-13-35)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LX2 (LGA1155)
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 ATA Device (SATA)
Power Supply
Storm LPK19-30 - 600 Watts

With the Onboard Graphics, everything seems to be going good so I'm assuming it was the GPU :(
 
Thanks for the recommendation for the GPU.

I recently bought a CX 430 Corsair PSU from OCUK but didn't realise the Watt power (430) was too low for my old GPU. I'm assuming it's also not enough for the new GPU?
 
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