Cache Importance in a processor

[abscifi]

I am pretty new at building PC's. I am trying to build a good gaming PC on a budget. I was wondering how important a large cache was in a processor and if would 1MB would be sufficient.:confused:

[RickyTick]

I'm sure one of the techie-geeks around here can explain it, but I was able to find this.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cache3.htm

[abscifi]

thanks that was very helpful!