Hi,

I was hoping for some advice on what to look for in a CPU. I currently have a development server cobbled together from scrap (Athlon XP 2200+), but I've now got the time and a little money to rebuild it.

The server will be on very light duties, Apache, MySQL and I want to use it as a mail server in the future. The load will be really light, just two people building php/mysql websites and testing them. The old hardware has proved to be fine until we had to build a Magento shop, but page loads for Magento seem to take about 5 to 10 seconds, which is unacceptable for populating hundreds of products.

What factors should I consider when it comes to buying a new processor? AMD/Intel, Multi core, CPU architecture etc etc. I have budget of about 70GBP/110USD to spend on the processor and think this should be plenty for the type of server I need.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Paul