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AMD 965 125w Temp Isuues?

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It's running so hot because:
1. You have a hot 125w TDP CPU
2. You overclocked it to 3.8GHz, which means it will exceed 125w TDP
3. You have a 92mm cooler instead of the larger 120mm coolers

With all those factors combined, your load temperatures actually aren't too bad.

So do the 125w run hotter than the 140's? I have now been running prime95 for about 12 hours at that 63-65c and no errors... I kind of just want to know if it is safe to run continuous at those temps

Generally yes. Lower power envelope usually equate to lower temps.
I'd personally feel better if my load wasn't so close to the thermal max which is around 70-ish if I remember - but, if your load temp looks stable and safe.
Try turning on C'n'Q if you haven't. It should drop your idle temp a bit and sometimes will cut the temp when your running a limited threaded app.
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How's the ventilation in your case? I've also got a 125w rated 955 with a small 95w rated Zalman 9500 cooler and at 3.6 my load temps max around 44-48c tops, but... my case also has two 250mm side fans that alone could tame an exposed P4 :) 
Seriously try CnQ. As far as performance goes, it only degrades it by 0.5% and that is the 500 milliseconds it takes to go from 800MHz on all four cores to 3.xGHz.

I have that same heatsink for my processor and it works wonders though you literally have twice as much wattage consumption. I would turn fans on high and direct more airflow away.

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