Question about cache vs. cpu speed

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DarkSky

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I am about to purchase two CPUs, but I'm undecided on which two I should buy. I am going to get Xeons, but the two processors I am looking at are the same price, except one runs at 2.8Ghz with a 512k L2 Cache, and the other runs at 2.4Ghz with a 512k L2 and 1MB L3.

In this case, would the trade off for a larger cache be worth the decrease in speed?
 
Ok, thank you.
One more quick question :) -
A friend of mine told me that FSB of a processor and motherboard don't have to match for it to work... is that correct?
 
Yes that is technically correct although generally speaking you'll want them to match up :)
 
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