Currently i have AMd Athalon 4200+ which has 512MBX2 L2 cache, will i see a huge improvement if i change my?

Question

processor to AMD Athalon 4400+ which has 1gbX2 L2 cache, going beyond that to say 5000+ probably wont give me much improvement coz the L2 cache would be same as 4400+, just the Frequency would be higher.Basically i would assume i will get the max bang for the buck by just going upto 4400+. Am I right

Answer 1

right now, no
in a couple of years when programs and applications get more advanced, yes

dual cores arent really needed too much for the average user now, but with in a year or so, single cores will be obsolete, then a few years from them, quad cores will take over.......

Answer 2

Yes and no, you wont actually notice that much difference, on paper, they look a whole lot better, in real life, no.

I had a 4200x2 for 6 months as my main PC with 2GB of DDR, I tried a 4400 for a week, didnt really noticed that much increase, so in the end I decided to move to AM2 and got a 6000 instead with 3GB of DDR, this really made some difference

Answer 3

you need to match your cpu with your ram and board..you are only as fast as your slowest link.
Match your frequencies maybe you can clock up your cpu a little bit - or run 2 SATA harddrives striped together.
you want to see speed from your pc - use RAID