P7N vanilla 750i - what are some good OC settings?

Question

Hi - my first post here! I am an overclocking noob, and need a little advice: the board is MSI 750i P7N vanilla edition - not diamond or platinum, just standard. CPU is e6850, ram is 4X1 GB Corsair xms ddr -800. Cooler is Vendetta2, PSU is xFinity 650, and GPU is nvidia 9800GTX+. So I did tweek the FSB to 1393 and that worked, but trying to go higher resulted in no post. I found the same with DOT - setting it to more than "private" resulted in no post. Oh ya - bios is Ami V2.1
So what settings are you guys using?

Answer 1

Thank you FP for the link to Real Temp.
Real Temp, in it's second screen, shows min-max CPU VID which will tell us how high the CPU V's can be raised without causing permanent damage or overly shortening the CPU's life. Any amount of OC'ing has the potential to shorten component life.
You have made the first step, & did it the right way. Raise FSB Clock till it stops post. In your case 1393. Next step is to bump up (with Spread Spectrum disabled), the FSB Clock to 1394 with CPU V. in Cell Menu raised one step above auto, +0.0125 & see if it posts, & proceed from there in small increments until you reach your goal.
Recommend opening a written log book of all current settings in bios before proceeding, as by a fourth restart, the bios more than likely will need to be reset again. (Also record all the 'final' working settings & V's so as to return to them if needed).
Did find data for an XFinity 600, but not a 650. The 600 had two +12V rails, V1 18A & V2 20A, so don't expect the 650 to be less.
CPU-Z, Everest, & Real Temp, & others, are great tools to help with valuable information to OC successfully.
It's very possible, with just raising the CPU V's a small amount, & raising FSB Clock, you will reach 3.2G's fairly easy.
Target: FSB Clock 1424 (356) X9 Multiplier = 3.204G's.
As a side note, it may also be possible to optimize your mem. modules as well. Are they PC-6400's or PC-8500's?