How to fix Google Chrome problems with SSD – move cache to ramdisk

If you’ve experienced SSD stuttering while using Google Chrome, you’re not alone. Here is the quick solution: change Chrome’s cache directory to another location (i.e. non-ssd harddrive, ramdisk)!

So, how can I do this? It’s simple, you can tweak Chrome with the following startup parameters:

• “…chrome.exe” –disk-cache-dir=<CACHE_DIR> –disk-cache-size=<SIZE_IN_BYTES>

Here is an example, pointing to a ramdisk drive (T:) and allocating a max of 500MB to it (which is nice to be able to control when you’re using ramdisk):

• chrome.exe –disk-cache-dir=T:\ChromeCache –disk-cache-size=524288000

Here is a discussion post about these new parameters for more info:

• Needed Feature: Cache Size/Location

So far this has worked great for me, much better than reallocating the whole home dir using symlinks, junctions and the –user-data-dir parameter . If you still want to do this, follow these examples:

• How To Relocate Google Chrome Cache Folder To Data Disk Partition?
• Google Chrome Locks up slightly with SSD Drives – Google Chrome Help

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