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    Sisoft Sandra benchmark on video card and card goes kaboom.

    Right. Thanks for info. I had mixed ideas about it. Appreciate the advice/ideas.
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    Sisoft Sandra benchmark on video card and card goes kaboom.

    Yep. I didn't think of that beforehand. It makes sense though. And as for rarity, I would agree unless you count me. I think of any component ever in the system I've had the worst lucky with power supplies. Of course thinking about it, with the exception of completely new systems, I've had to...
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    Sisoft Sandra benchmark on video card and card goes kaboom.

    Interesting though I had a fear about that. Shame. The thing that didn't make sense to me is that it was during a GPU benchmark. However, knowing that the PSU went out too - I can only imagine how it would be it. Just thankful it take anything else out (which surprised me also). Could it be...
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    Sisoft Sandra benchmark on video card and card goes kaboom.

    Long time reader, first time poster here.... Okay, here's the issue. New build, except power supply. Power supply was previously known to be working fine in a similar system. 500w, no stability issues (say with occt or prime 95 etc). System specs are or were as follows: Intel i7 920 cpu...