Can I increase the amount of cache?

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jjonsalt

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I was surprised to see that my computer's CPU, 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium D, only has 16 kilobyte primary memory cache and 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache. Any way to increase it to 2 or 3 GB?
 
SRAM, the variety memory that makes up volatile CPU level cache, is oftentimes slim because 1, it's expensive, and 2, due to to it's internal makeup is inherently less dense than other storage mediums. SRAM requires several extra transistors to make up one data block, whereas the widely used, high capacity SDRAM requires only a solitary unit.

Extra cache will help with all redundant tasks and processes, by a decent degree, but the benefit of very large amounts of cache is hard to observe, in the sense that it's not accomplished much.

For the record, GB's of cache FTW.
 
Looks like your CPU is a Socket 775, so the best thing you could do for it is get a new cpu. What mobo are you using?
 
Do you even know what cache is? Theres no way they could fit 3GB of cache on a processor die.

Even the high end processors now only have 12MB of L2 cache.
 
Gogey said:
Looks like your CPU is a Socket 775, so the best thing you could do for it is get a new cpu. What mobo are you using?
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I'm not sure this is what you want,

Board: Dell Inc. 0YC523
Serial Number: ..CN70821592E0TF.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. A02 10/28/2005
 
I am still learning about video cards but it appears to me that you have an older model video card that may be causing some bottlenecks in your system. You may want to upgrade it.

Anybody give him a suggestion of what to buy? I don't know what is compatible with his current system?
 
You definently need a new CPU. That will help speed up many of your tasks by magnitudes. Since your motherboard is socket 775, it is the same socket as (almost) any of the new Intel CPU's. Now your motherboard, if it's old, may not support the newest CPU's and you may need to flash your bios, which is a fairly technical operation.

If your motherboard can support newer CPU's, I'd recommend getting a cheap Core 2 Duo. The Core 2 Duo CPU's are amazing at speeding up processing time, especially on newer programs that are programed to use multiple cores.

$72 from Newegg (I'm using the exact same processor in my computer and love it): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116036

I am no expert on video cards, but you may also want to upgrade your video card. Your current card is PCI express (the first one ever actually), so you can pick from many new video cards to replace it. If you don't game much, you can get a nice one for around $75 that will blow an X600 out of the water. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814140089

Take my (and all) advice with a grain of salt. Look into a new CPU to speed up your computer.
Also make sure you don't have bunch of startup programs running in the background, that can bog down the best computers.
 
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