Odd graphical corruption of windows desktop - UPDATE

Hi,
Been running my new system for a couple of weeks now with no problems.
However today, after leaving the PC off all day, I came to turn it on to be presented with one strange looking windows desktop.
Multi coloured dots covered the screen, and although not heavily spread, they were evident.
They also appeared to move as on screen actions were carried out, for example, scrolling a page in IE.
After a warm reboot the problem has vanished, and hasn't occoured since (today).
Ive seen this kinda thing before with older cards, and it usually came down to some fundemental hardware issue.
Im hoping this isn't the case.....
Are there any known issues or problems that may causes this?
All temps were normal with the GPU at only 55 degrees.
Nothing is overclocked.
System config should be in my sig.
Thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by Raven
it may or may not be your problem but your psu is crap.
q-tec is the worst of the worst and i would not even turn on a computer with it and its also way to weak.
when you cold start the computer uses a huge amount of power to spin up harddrives and fans for example.
and its possible that can affect the gfx card and when you reboot the card resets and it fixes itself.
yeah, thats the only part of the PC I didnt buy, it was actually given to me, and I had a feeling it was trash.
Still, Ive havent noticed any power related issues after 2 weeks, but I think it may be a good idea to swap it out for a good power unit.
Any suggestions as to a good one thats not too expensive?

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Hmmm never saw one do that yet. Power? Yes it could be but I don't think so in this case where the second vid card that uses less power does the same. Motherboard? I would not think that it can selectively corrupt just a certain section of the screen. The Motherboard does not create a screen matrix. It sends stuff to the video card more in line with a stream of data over several pipelines. While that is an oversimplification it gets you to visualize how it works.
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