M3A overclocking

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My other motherboard is an ECS (believe it or not) KA3 MVP...and both my cpu and ram run at lower voltage, with higher benchmarks.

Due to the chipset or do you expect no suitable bios here also.
My phenom failed prime95 at 210x11 last night, so switched back to my old m2a-vm and voila the system requires less power in idle (no CnQ) now.

System:
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix 8500 (800MHz,5-5-5-18,2V),
HD 2400pro 256MB,
80GB IDE HD

M2A-VM, GP-9500(2,2GHz,1,8GHz,1,25V)
Idle: 67,8W DC
Load: 138,2W DC

M3A, GP-9500(2,2GHz,1,8GHz,1,2V/1,025V)
Idle: 93,2W DC
Load: 129,9W DC

M3A, GP-9500(2,2GHz,1,8GHz,1,185V/1,2V)
Idle: 102,5W DC
Load: 136,6W DC

M2A-VM however needs higher vcore for higher frequencies than on the M3A.

M2A-VM, GP-9500(210x11 2,31GHz,1,89GHz, 1,3V/1,3V)
Idle: 72,3W DC
Load: 145,5W DC

M3A, GP-9500(210x11 2,31GHz,1,89GHz, 1,2375V/1,0625V)
Idle: 96,7W DC
Load: 142,5W DC