AMD CPU vs AMD CPU help?

[ninjacheezit]

Hey guys, I have a few quick questions if someone can help me out.

1. I have two cpus laying around. AMD Phenom 955 Black Edition and the one ill be removing out of my computer AMD FX-6100. I want to know which one of these would be better for flash games. It will be going in my grandmothers computer and all she really does is plays farmville and games like that.

2. The AMD FX-6100 is in my computer right now untilI get my i5 and I was playing with the auto OC of my MSI MB. I saw it went from 3.3 to 3.7 just by turning the OC on. now whatever CPU I do install in her computer could I just turn the auto OC to make it a little bit faster without any aftermarket cooler if the temps stay around the same?

 

[CTurbo]

Neither have integrated graphics. Do you have a graphics card?

 

[ninjacheezit]

Ya, she has a Sapphire HD6670 1g DDR3

 

[CTurbo]

The Phenom will have better single core performance if clocked the same. I'm not a fan of the Bulldozers at all.

 

[ninjacheezit]

It hasn't been bad to me it's in my first computer build but I'm recently upgrading to an intel build instead. so the next question could I OC any of them without an aftermarket cooler and if I did OC them would that even help with anything?

 

[CTurbo]

I do not recommend overclocking ANY cpu on it's stock cooler. Yes an overclocked cpu will make it faster. Is that extra speed necessary or will you notice it in real world usage? Probably not.

 

[ninjacheezit]

okay since you said that here is one more question that comes to mind. would flash games benefit more from the oc cpu and buying an aftermarket cooler or would they benefit more from a better gpu

 

[CTurbo]

Flash games will run 100% on regular clock speeds and common integrated graphics. You're way overthinking it.

 

[ninjacheezit]

ya probably. but this is what she tells me. she has so much stuff on her farmville and all that that it takes forever to load and it lags whenever she moves the screen and sometimes it even crashes.

 

[CTurbo]

Get her an ssd. Re-instal windows and/or clean out her c: drive. Either one of your cpus + a HD 6670 would be overkill for flash games.

 

[ninjacheezit]

okay thanks for all your help