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Server CPU upgrade complete
Mon, 12/19/2011 - 13:06 - michael
The server's CPU upgrade is now complete. I upgraded the old Pentium 4 3gHz (Northwood) to a Pentium 4 3.4gHz (Prescott). The new processor is the fastest CPU available for Socket 478. In addition to being faster, it also has twice the cache. After recompiling all the server binaries (Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc), performance improved by about 40ms per page load.
Complete specifications for my server:
Intel Pentium 4 3.4gHz (Prescott) processor (800MT/s FSB)
Intel i875p/ICH5 (Canterwood) chipset
2GB dual-channel DDR400 RAM
500GB SATA 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 hard disk
Intel 82801EB SATA controller
Intel 82562EZ ethernet adapter
