Windows already uses the unused ram as cache anyway and using other software to do it is not a wise idea. They are both a waste of money for what she does. Here is the GPU and CPU in case there are some more obvious upgrades that I have overlooked:ĬPU - Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T6600 2.20GHz She does nothing hardcore on her computer, the regular browsing and MS Office stuff. $50 - Going from 2 x 2GB/800MHz to 2 x 4GB/1333MHz RAM of which 1-2 GB would be used with Fanc圜ache. $100 - A decent 120 GB SSD (Her computer has SATA 2, but I don't think it has room for a secondary drive, maybe I can remove the CD bay).Ģ. I have tested this a little myself on both my SSD and HDD, but my system is already quite snappy so I can't notice much of a difference, if any.ġ. I'm suggesting her to buy a 120 GB SSD, but she is reluctant to spend $100 so I'm thinking of suggesting 8 GB of RAM for $50 instead and then use 1-2 GB with Fanc圜ache.
FANCYCACHE UPGRADE
While at it, I'm considering getting her to upgrade a component or two.
FANCYCACHE INSTALL
Given same size of system memory, the latter has a higher hit-rate.įanc圜ache can utilize the OS Invisible Memory on 32-bit Windows as a cache medium.įanc圜ache can utilize SSD (Solid-state Drive) as a cache medium, as ReadyBoost does.My girlfriend's three years old Sony Vaio laptop is getting really slow so I will perform a clean Win7 64bit install on it in a couple of weeks. Windows caches all data, while Fanc圜ache can cache on behalf of a specified volume/disk in which users are interested. Some applications bypass the file-system level cache. Why do we need another cache scheme since Windows OS has already implemented a file-system level cache?
FANCYCACHE DRIVER
One of the Fanc圜ache's core components is a storage class filter driver which resides in the storage stack, intercepting I/O requests for data on volume/disk. Fanc圜ache caches data on a logical block basis (offsets within a volume/disk) while windows cache manager caches on a virtual block basis (offsets within a file). It improves system performance by transparently storing data into memory such that future requests for that data can be served faster. Fanc圜ache for Volume is a handy and reliable application designed to cooperate with system memory to provide data caching for volumes.