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GPU is 1 hour stress test stable now. CPU stress test is still running.. 45 minutes without crash so far

Ended up at -45mv for CPU voltage and -95mv for GPU voltage. Went from a 1663 on Sky Diver (3DMark) to 2598! 56% improvement!! 1663: http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2736137 2598: http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2736287

Knock on wood

Picked up what I thought was an i5/256gb this morning.. turns out its a brand new i7/256gb so here I am :) Paid $1000 for this + type cover, brand new with warranty til March 2016 and the option to buy Microsoft Complete!

Even more interesting.. I went to register it and see if I can buy warranty. Found out the warranty expires March 2016 and I have 98 days to buy Microsoft complete up from the standard 45 days. Warranty also seems longer than the usual 1 year haha

Picked it up this morning! I was in for a surprise! Turns out its an i7/256GB.. not an i5/256gb like he advertised. Hey I'm not complaining! Paid $1000 for this i7/256gb + type cover :D Deal of the century!

I think I read somewhere by next week it should be available to Windows Insider program members

I have my reasons for needing Linux :D My soon-to-be retired ultrabook has been running Linux exclusively for the past year haha

Oh, anyone dual booting Linux on their SP3? The 3.19 kernel that's supposed to be released in the coming weeks apparently comes with native Type Cover support :) Thinking of repartitioning the drive and waiting for 3.19 to drop instead of custom compiling a 3.18 kernel

Good point. I have a few lying around. The image is also available online no? It's just one of those habits I've gotten myself into. Plus my image includes a lot of the programs I'd normally have to install one-by-one :) Looking into it now!

I'm picking up a brand new SP3 (i5/256gb) with the keyboard cover tomorrow for $1000 from a friend who won it in a work raffle. I've been eyeing the i3 version for a while now, but this deal was too good to pass up! Anyway, since he doesn't have the receipt for it (it was purchased some time in...