themyst :
I have an R9 280x as well, and it's odd that yours is 1.175v stock. Mine is actually 1.075v stock, I actually had to bump it to 1.125v for stock settings. I did purchase the card used admittedly, so it's possible the previous owner flashed down the voltage to conserve power.
Anyway, here is what I did for a gaming-only overclock (YMMV)
Core Voltage 1250
Power Limit 20%
Core Clock 1140
Leave Memory voltage/clock alone, minimal gains to be had there.
Fan Speed 100% Manual
For a maxed out overclock given the hardware, same as above except:
Core Voltage 1300
Core Clock 1170
Not sure if you have a standard model with a 1000 core clock or one of the overclocked models, but this overclock is for a standard model R9 280x (PowerColor).
It's worth a shot!
Ran this through Heaven Benchmark and it ran a lot smoother with less lag spikes than my noob attempts at overclocking, I did have some artifacts issues but this was after 5 hours of overclocking, benchmarking, readjusting and re-benchmarking also Heaven Benchmark is known for not play nice with the 280X cards. I do have my own fan curve setup, but that is just to save myself from the noise of my failing fans. And because i'm using afterburner 4.1.1 I can't set a core voltage but I found +95 is about the equivalent (FOR MY CARD). BTW I'd be interested to know the trade offs of clocking my gpu ram am I gaining/losing frames, risking stability or is it just temps? Last note: My results on Heaven as I guess you dying to know are as follows:
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Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0
FPS: 36.8
Score: 926
Min FPS: 11.0 (it stuttered at the start)
Max FPS: 85.3
System
Platform: Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU Model: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad Core CPU Q8300 @ 2.50 GHz (2493 MHz) x4
GPU Model: AMD Radeon 200 Series 15.201.1151.1004 (3072MB) x1
Settings
Render: Direct3D11
Mode: 1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
Preset: Custom
Quality: Ultra
Tessellation: Extreme
AfterBurner 4.1.1 Settings:
Core Voltage: +95
Power Limit: +20
Temp. Limit: N/A
Core Clock: 1140
Mem. Clock: 1500 - (Will tinker with after info. gained)
Fan Speed: Custom profile