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Today I had another go. Had an older power supply (OCZ780MXS) and gave that a go. Ran ok as others did, but oddly when I connected the S-ATA power cable it posted, but I did notice a very small puff of smoke from the power connector to the SSD. So I shut it down. Tried a HDD and that seemed ok...

I have two PSU's. A Novatach Power Station 750 Black Edition. Also, I am using a EVGA Supernova 750 G3. Same issue for both. Motherboard is a Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon. Memory is brand new Vengence LPX 8GB sticks.

Ok, so. I bought, from Ebay recently, an MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard and an i7 CPU. CPU was already seated and I have not unseated it at any point. Advertised as working fine etc. So, i got a new cooler and installed that with good thermal paste. New memory too. Mounted it in a...