Im thinking about buying the Foxconn x38a mobo and I already have the Coolermaster Gemin2 cpu cooler...but by the looks of that motherboard, I'm wondering if it will even fit. I have a monster case so that is not an issue, but I can't find anything on the inter-tubes regarding the union of these two wonderful pieces of hardware.

hi i have the foxconn x38a with the zelman cnps9500NT it does fit but it is tight with only a nats knacker between the cooler and the north bridge, but because the 2 are so close the zelman cools the north bridge aswell. if you are into overclocking i have found this bios a bit confusing, for example the voltages all start at defult and go up in +0.025 steps so with out some maths you dont no what your voltages will be this is not difficult just does your head in and the momory deviders for DDR2 are crap for example my e6600 is at 1333 fsb and my tracer 1066 will only run at 999 fsb. if you go to the next devider up they run at 1096 and it crashes. let me no what you decide to do and weather you overclock or not. apart form the stuff that i have mentioned the bord is fasrt and stable.

topman what's the max fsb you were able to achieve? I've seen differing reviews... some say 550+, while others say they barely made it over 400...

i just stopped at 333 cus my e6600 has bin battered for over a yeir in my p5n32 sli-e plus so i will wate til i get my 8400 i dont want to brake it now it's got to be handed down to my kids. lol thay wood kil me.