BIOS settings for MSI 770-c45 - overclocked with a Phenom II 550 Black Edition

Hi,
Wish I could say I knoew what these bios settings are, but I can't - I really need some help here.  Anyone who has this m/b knows that there is a dip switch to help you get a 10%/20% perf increase, but it fails for me...
Anyone have some advice onthe appropriate settings?
Many thanks,
Sayer

here's mine:
Phenom II X2 550BE@4ghz
MSI 770-C45 bios 1.3B2
Team Xtreem DDR3 1866 C8 running DDR3 1550 7-7-7-21@1,8v
cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme, dual fans
bios settings (Cell menu only, I dont think the others setting would affect)
* AMD Cool N' Quiet--->disabled
* CPU Fsb freq--->230mhz...might different with yours, depend on your CPU though
* CPU Ratio--->17.5
* CPU-NB Ratio--->x9
* EC Firmware--->normal
* Advanced Clock calibration--->disabled
* Auto Overclock--->disabled
* multi-step OC booster--->disabled
* HT link control--->x9
* vcore--->1,55v (must use good cooling with this voltage)
* vdimm--->1,84v
* NB voltage--->1,2v
* CPU-NB voltage--->1,33v
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