AMD 955 3.8ghz-4.0ghz Stable 24/7 Overclock

Hey guys I plan on overlocking my 955 to about 3.8-4.0ghz. Here are my specs and I want the overlock to be stable 24/7. what combination increase of voltage,multiplier etc. does you recommend

PII AMD X4 955
Gygabyte GA-MA790XT UD4P
OXC Pllatinum 2x2gb 1.7-1.9voltage 7-7-7-20
XFX XXX 4870 1gb
Xigmatek Dark Knight

edit: and what program should I ust for benchmarking and to check my CPU's stability

one more thing when I overlock should just change everything using AMD overdrive or do it using AMD overdrive and than do the same thing in my BIOS

you can get about 3.8 on multi alone stable 24/ 7 is what i heard, but thanks anyway

oops your right, i think its like 19.0x and 1.55v

Overdrive is fine and on top of that you can monitor your system. Bios is used when you already know all your settings.

The nice thing about overdrive is that it has pre-sets when you are ready to overclock and it tells you what is the best setting for your cpu as far as overclocking is concerned. Yea you can do all of this in the bios if you are a super (bios) geek but for the noobs and peeps in general that want to learn about all the different settings, overdrive is a must and VERY helpfull, specially if you are building a spider platform

Spider platform consists of an AMD cpu (AM2+AM3 prefered), a motherboard with an AMD chipset (SB710-750) and an Ati Radeon GPU. Once all 3 are put in place you open up Overdrive and all hell breaks loose.... Basically made to push all your hardware to the limits and get an insane overclock. At least for me this is what it does....

Yes Sir, go download Overdrive and open up....

Download speed fan and prime95 to monitor your cpu activity, stability and temps....

Speedfan is a program were you can see the activity of all your components, read temps etc...

Prime95 is to check stability only.....

For benchmarking get 3dmarko6 and pcmark-vantage....

no quite, spider platform is amd cpu (am2-am2+) e.g. first generation phenom, amd 7xx based motherboard and a 3xxx based gpu.
dragon platform is amd cpu (am2+-am3) e.g. phenom II and is relatives (X2,X3,X4) , amd 7xx based motherboard and a 4xxx based gpu.

So I got a Dragon platform right?

and did I get everything right here?
Overdrive=overclock
Speed Fan (or TurboV?)= temps, actibity
prime95=Stability
Benchmark= 3Dmark06 and PCmark-vantage

umm and is there a software that can contron your fan's speed?

ok so I got two questions

1) About the drives should I use the CD's or is there some option to do it like for example 'My computer-properties-download latest drives' do I sont have to look for them online.

2) Is TurboV kinda like Speed Fan and does TurboV come with your mobo or video card or do you have to download it?

3) Is Catalyst only for my video card fan or is it for all of my fans (i got a antec300 with 2 120mm in front 1 in back 1 on top and 1 on side)

Yea I think TurboV is a software that comes with an ASUS ??? mobo.

I dont think ill bother with the headers 2 of my fans have a fan control switch anyway

Catalyst isnt really necessery for overlocking my cpu right? since it only controls the gpu fan.

Im getting XFX XXX 4870 1gb, its alredy overclocked i dont plan on overlocking it any further, I also dont plan on getting another monitor, but Ill prorobly get it anywa to control the fan speed and resolution.

i'm running my 955 @ 3.7 with 18.5 multiplier at 1.34v. i haven't really put the time into playing with the bus speed + multi max oc, and i'm pretty happy with 3.7 stable. try bumping up the voltage in smaller increments if you want to hit 3.8, especially if you're using air.

Yup....we sure dont know squat when it comes to both platforms...I guess im an Nvidia dork......

I managed 3.9 stable using a coolermaster v-10 . If I take the time and really fine tweak , I think I can reach 4.0

Here are the numbers: CPU clock ratio 19.5 (3.9mhz)
CPU north Br. x11 (2200mhz)
HT link Freq. x11 (2200mhz)
DDR 3 Volt. 1.650 v
North br Volt. 1.200 v
CPU north br. 0.050 v
CPU Volt. control 0.150 v

AMD 955 X4 oc'd to 3.9
Coolermaster V10 CPU cooler
Gigabyte MA790XT-UP4
4GB Patriot Viper @ 1600mhz
PNY GTX260 core 216
Windows 7