Not necessarily when the server concerned is running
the PHP script.
Celerons are crippled by design: don't use them.
-- Neil
I participate in [[GIMPS]], a [[mathematical]]
[[research]] project which uses [[software]] to
perform some math calculations. Generally speaking we
tend to use [[Pentium 4]]'s (because of their SSE2
extensions) or [[AMD Athlon]]s. (damn, I am obsessed
with wikification)
SSE2 extensions are not useful in web serving, as far
as I can understand.
I would suggest either AMD Athlon MP or AMD Opteron
for webserving. if one wants to use Intel, only I
would say it's better to use Xeons or high-end
Pentium4's (with 800mhz FSB), but not Itanium2's. The
Pentium4 EE with three caches is seems yummy too, if
it is reliable. Of course my personal preference is
AMD (even my laptops are AMD and I haven't purchased
any Intel system from PentiumII's days).
It is true however that for very-low-traffic web sites
even a Pentium 150MHz will do the web-serving job very
well.
It is better *not* to use desktop CPUs and prefer the
server editions. The reason is that desktop CPUs are
often not reliable. One of the AMD Athlons I bought in
last summer was unable to do mathematical research,
although the CPU was working without problems for 2
months in a 24x7 server environment and never showed
any problems until I tried to use all of its power! My
point is, I am not surprised when I head about flacky
desktop chips. The same applies to cheap IDE/ATA disks
(but not on SerialATA ones). In general, whatever is
cheap has a higher probability of being flacky because
of inadequate Quality Assurance policies of the
manufacturer.
with wishes for peace profound
--.'.Optim.'.
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