Additional System Info:
motherboard: ASUS Maximus V Gene (LGA 1155, Intel Z77 Express chipset)
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS\_V\_GENE/HelpDesk\_BIOS/
BIOS: v1903 (latest available, but from 2013)
CPU: Intel 2nd Gen i7-2600 (I have a working i5 CPU too)
memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 (2x8GB) - CMY16GX3M2A1600C9B (recent)
C: drive: Samsung EVO 840 250GB (recent)
PSU: Corsair RM750x (new)
I just realized that I have EVGA's Precision OC software running via the Steam Client. I don't really use it so I uninstalled it. It allows users to tweak their video card. I also started uninstalling EVGA/Nvidia's other software - everything except for
the video card driver - just to check. If it still crashes I will run DU again and look for an older version of the graphics driver.