Voltage adjustments other than vCore

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I was just wondering at what point you start to adjust voltages other than the vCore voltage in order to obtain a stable overclock.

I am approaching 1.5v vCore and at some point increasing the FSB is going to become unstable so I am assuming that adjusting for example the FSB voltage may help set a stable overclock.

What voltages would you look at first adjusting in this situation and what would be classed as safe increases?

This is in relation to the 680i board.
 
i'd make sure the memory voltage was within the recommended specs, then maybe up the chipset voltage a touch but nothing major as most tend to get pretty toasty from what i've seen posted.

the memory voltage is reliant on what the manufacturer specifies as recommended and what you're board initial sets it as, ie my ds3p starts at 1.8v but my memory is recommended 2.1v.

chipset i've never really gone over a 0.2v raise (in total usually 0.1 steps) but just make sure you check how hots its getting.
 
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