Would like to know if this is a motherboard problem

llui15

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Dec 22, 2015
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Hi guys,

My spec:
1. motherboard - gigabyte ga-z77x-d3h LGA 1155 socket
2. RAM - 8Gb Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9
3. Graphics Card - msi gtx 780 twin frozr overclock
4. PSU - Corsair 650 txm
5. Windows 7
6. 128G SSD HD
7. 2TB SEAGATE
8. CPU - i7 3770k

Problem:
PC been fine for almost 2 years, haven't changed anything for the past 2 weeks, i.e. no new hardware or software or windows update.
I was away for a few days, went back home.
Hard crashed within few minutes (i.e. ctrl-alt-del didn't work).
Windows reported blue-screen error.
Looked around in safe mode, device manager showed problem with graphics card.
Disabled graphics card.
Re-started windows looked ok except all graphics related programs, still in 1080p.
Went bought a new graphics card.
Put in the graphics card.
Clean installed the graphics driver.
Worked fine for a few hours.
Same problems again (crashing, problem with graphics card in device manger .... etc).
Then all the graphical output started to deteriorate.
Windows can no longer run in 1080p, the same in Ubuntu 12.04, still normal in BIOS.
Then the problematic output spreaded to the screen before the Operating systems start, i.e. in the option page to choose whether to go to the safe mode.

I took some pictures to demonstrate the problem
http://imgur.com/a/a0xsP

Also performed the memtest86+ test and reported no error.

Any advice/suggestion appreciated.
Many thanks!!