If anyone can help i'd much appreciate it. I'm trying to overclock my rig, but i get wicked unstable past 185MHz bclock. Based on my components i think should be good for 200MHz but have met with complete failure past the 185 mark. no mater what i adjust my vcore or vtt to. ( i stopped at 1.4v for both)  Here is my list of components.
 
i5 655k w/ corsair h50 for cooling
evga p55 sli mobo
8g corsair dominator ram 1600 9/9/24
ocz 600w psu
evga gts 450
 
since i am new to the hi-tech world, i followed these guides which seemed pretty solid.
 
http://www.techreaction.n...cking-guide-clarkdale/
http://www.gnd-tech.com/m...P55-Overclocking-Guide
 
i found a solid overclock at
160mhz bclock
x24 cpu multiplier
memory at 2:10
vcore 1.4 v
vtt at 1.275v
dimm at 1.65
 
all of which gives me 3.85 GHz cpu, 3.2 ghz qpi, 1600 MHz ram.
not too bad, but not what i was aiming at. i could take advantage of the unlocked mulitplier and just crank the cpu up to 4.0 with x25 but i really dont know what i'm doing. So any advice would be appreciated.

If you have an unlocked "K" chip, there really is no need to mess with the bclk at all, unless you want to. Those are good guides, but they are more appropriate for a non-"K" or unlocked multiplier chip. For example, I have the 875K. It has a factory ratio of 22, e.g. 22 x 133 = 2.93GHz. All I do is change my multiplier to 30, and I have 30 x 133 (normal bclk) and 4GHz. I never mess with the bclk at all. That is why I wanted to get the unlocked chip.
 
The only confusing part is the "Turbo Offset". Here is what I would try first to get a feel for stability, change your bclk back to 133, leave Turbo on, leave K-Boost on, leave Speed Step on, disable C States completely, make sure Offset is on, but change all the Offset values to zero, disable all the voltage "limits" for Offset, and then change the multiplier in the "main" frequencies screen to 27. So, now you are at 133 x 27 = 3591MHz or 3.6GHz. 1.35V should be fine for the Vcore. You can actually leave the VTT on "auto", since you don't need to mess with it.
 
From here, you can mess with things. You can probably get you multiplier higher. I think 30 is good, in my chip's experience, but every chip is different. You can also mess with the bclk here. Remember, bumping the bclk even 20 will equal 600MHz. That is why you want to get your multiplier as high as possible. Just remember, you only need to start the VTT when you bump the bclk PAST 133.
 
Good luck!