Overclocking
For our overclocking tests, we swapped out our Corsair 1GB DIMMs for a pair of 512MB OCZ Platinum Rev 2 memory modules. These particular DIMMs use Samsung TCCD chips and have proven to be solid overclockers in the past, making them perfect companions for the KA1 MVP in this round of tests.

As usual, we began our overclocking testing by dropping the CPU and HyperTransport processor link multipliers and raising memory timings to 2.5-4-4-8 with a 1T command rate. Next, we started to inch up on the HT clock, and we made it all the way up to 255MHz without a hitch. However, at 260MHz, the board refused to boot into Windows. We tried lowering the memory clock, raising memory latencies and the command rate, tweaking voltages, and even swapping DIMMs, but none of our attempts to get the board stable at 260MHz proved fruitful.

Although we couldn't push the KA1 MVP's HT clock beyond 255MHz, the board was perfectly stable at that speed, so we upped the CPU multiplier and ran a few benchmarks. Memory timings were set to 2.5-4-4-8-1T for both the stock and overclocked configs.

Despite having over a 100MHz CPU clock speed disadvantage, our overclocked configuration still proves faster than stock in Far Cry and Sphinx. And hey, a 25% HT overclock from an ECS motherboard is pretty respectable, all things considered.