M3A overclocking

[NEC]

Too many........ I would replace the NB heatsink, right away; and be careful with "after market" coolers- some of them (like Enzotech XtreamX) will cover the 1st DIMM what else? Some people had issue with the "onboard" NIC-sudden reboots or BSD's- think the newer drivers solved it. This thread should have "some info'" as well.
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Yea that 'shut down" is not long enough, the drives are still spinning when it powers back on, it might be related to the fact that Phenom checks (I think)
during post whether on not it was a "cold reset" and goes into a slightly different "boot routine" for "warm" and "cold' resets.

Thanks, nothing wrong with the choice of an X2 5200 then?

Probably with a Zalman 9500A