Further Sawtooth upgrades

Hi,
I need some advice to further my upgrades on my Powermac,I have it for about two years now and got it as an inexpensive way too replace my ever failing PC. Even at the stock 400mhz it was way better than the previous computer.
The current configuration is as follows
1ghz Sonnet encore processor
Nvidia Geforce FX5200 256mb Graphics card
2gig of Ram
Belkin 5 port USB 2.0 card
D-Link Bluetooth adapter
Airport card
I am now looking at other processors, as I have used the Sonnet before I will stay with that manufacturer. My price range stretches to the 1.4ghz and at a push the 1.8 .I need to know if I will see any real enhancment with the 1.4? I have also read a report that the 1.4 isnt much different to the 1.8, something to do with the L2,L3 cach on them ? something I dont fully understand.
Another route to upgrade would be buying a quicksilver or mirror door powermac with a higher spec processor and swapping over the rest of my upgrades to it. Is there much difference in the Architecture of these computers compared to my own?
I have found this computer to be 100% reliable and its currently a well tuned setup running Leopard smoothly, with this in mind a processor upgrade is the prefered option.
And before you say it I can't afford a new mac, also part of my enjoyment comes from the powermacs being expandable and being able to play around with it which I gather you wouldnt get from a imac, mac mini etc.
Any thoughts would be great.

Hi-
A 1ghz 7455 processor with L2 and L3 cache will be roughly equivalent to a 1.3- 1.4ghz 7447 processor with only L2 cache.
A 1.4ghz 7455 processor with L2/L3 cache will be roughly equivalent to a 1.8ghz 7447 processor with L2 only.
A 1.6ghz 7448 with a 1MB L2 cache will be roughly equivalent to a 1.4 ghz 7455 or 1.8 7447 processor.
The above comparisons are application dependant.
Video applications benefit from the L3 cache. Games will typically achieve better frame rates with a processor that has an L3 cache, unless of a much higher processor speed, or if a processor (such as the 7448) has a large L2 cache.
Some applications operate better at speed, independant of cache.
The L2 and L3 caches are memory chips. Memory is a buffer, used to collect and hold data as it waits to be processed. Holding data close to the processor allows for improved performance. The larger the cache, the closer to the processor, the faster the overall performance.
L2 is closer to the processor than the L3. A large L2 can really help performance.
There are architectural differences in the three proceesor chip families that give each successing chip an advantage over the earlier chip.
The 7455 is the oldest of the three. It has the highest power requirements, and has the highest thermal output, and has L2 and L3 cache.
The 7447 has improved architecture, lower power requirements, and reduced heat output. The L2 cache is doubled, but has no L3.
The 7448 is a much improved architecture, has the lowest power requirements, has the lowest heat output, and the 1MB L2 cache greatly increases overall performance.

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