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Thanks! As of now, it's yielding the same info as the default Task Manager, I'll keep an eye out if it ever jumps up though.

As of recent, my RAM will just get eaten up by no process in particular. It's a memory leak for sure, I'm just having trouble rooting out the problem since I've checked most, if not all the big problems they might be I'll list my computer's builds and things I've done recently. Processor: Intel i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz Motherboard: Asus Z170 AR RAM: 16 GBs in total, 2 sticks of 8 GB Patriot Viper DDR4 RAM Graphics Card: Geforce GTX 970 HD: An old-ish Seagate 1tb HDD, from 2012? it's the one thing I'm not too sure on. I'll leave my computer alone and all the RAM will be in use by seemingly no particular process. Right now it's running smooth, but I can see it coming back (I'm currently at 6 GBs of 16 just running Chrome and Steam, no active downloads.) This has been happening since about Thursday when I got home from classes; I just came back to a PC that had all of its RAM in use, it'll usually start low before ramping up in no time flat, or over the course of a few hours. So far to try and remedy the problem is scan for malware with malwarebytes, run the memory diagnostic test which cropped up with nothing, removed all startup processes (I don't run any anyways, but I doublechecked to make sure), updated all the drivers for my motherboard that I could possibly think of. The only thing I haven't done is mess with the registry like some have said.

Hey guys - I'm not sure if this is the right subsection of the form to post this on, but my network card isn't picking up 5ghz networks. I've tried it using the network configuration tool on Windows, the utility that comes with the card, as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers and the card a multitude of times. Some details: There's one floor between the router on my PC that the card is plugged in to, though I'm quite literally 10 feet above the router. the 5ghz network is certainly on, everything else in my room is connected to it. I'm not quite sure what might be the situation here. It also picks up the 2.4ghz network absolutely fine. For reference here's the card: ASUS Wi-Fi PCI Express Adapter (PCE-AC56)

So I'm starting Uni next year in the fall - not 2016, but 2017 - and I'd like a recommendation for a laptop for some some on the go work. Obviously a razer and a macbook are a bit overpriced, but the student discount for the stealth is a pretty nice steal considering it's $400, and I have family that works at apple retailers so I can get a significant price cut on on prebuilt/custom systems (though I'm probably only going to get a macbook if they refresh the line next year.) Are there any alternatives around the same price point that people would recommend? I'm not going to use it for gaming, except for hearthstone, and maybe overwatch on incredibly low settings if it'll handle it. I have a rig at home that I use for video editing/dedicate gaming.

Is there any program I can use to peel back all my old drivers, then reinstall them?

They ran memory tests at the shop I visited and found out one of the sticks was busted. They're four years old, so I wouldn't doubt that sooner or later they needed changing. Do you have any benchmarking software in mind? EDIT: I'm also upping my PSU from a 750 to an 850 Corsair RM fully modular.

So I got a little desperate and took it to a shop on Wednesday. They ran a memory test, and verified that it was the RAM. I went ahead and upgraded through them to 16 GB of RAM, though I'm still having the problem.It's not the GPU, it's not the CPU, it's not the RAM, could it be the PSU? Can the PSU actually be the cause of this? That's honestly my last hope before I gut the CPU and MOBO and buy new ones, which I really don't want to spend all that money on right now.

So I got a little desperate and took it to a shop on Wednesday. They ran a memory test, and verified that it was the RAM. I went ahead and upgraded through them to 16 GB of RAM, though I'm still having the problem. It's not the GPU, it's not the CPU, it's not the RAM, could it be the PSU? Can the PSU actually be the cause of this? That's honestly my last hope before I gut the CPU and MOBO and buy new ones, which I really don't want to spend all that money on right now.

I'll be brief with the situation by use of bullet points! Bought a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 to replace my old 960, and an EVGA SuperNOVA 750 B2 to replace my old PSU and supplement the new PSU. Found out these pieces didn't fit - we bought a new case. Put everything in the new case - CPU, RAM, new GPU, new PSU, the whole nine yards. Everything works! Except for when I play games. It varies from game to game; with DA:I it's five minutes, with X-COM 2 it's about half an hour, HoTS is about ten minutes of actual playing. My computer just crashes inexplicably, sound cuts out in what sounds like a tearing noise, and the computer reboots. This never happened with my old GPU, and my old PSU, but the problem isn't with these so we're not rightly sure what it is. Things I've done so far to try and fix the problem. Removed the GPU and use the old one - crashed either way. Reset the CMOS, twice. Try older drivers on both cards - crashed. Forgot to put thermal paste back on when moving the CPU over, reapplied thermal paste. We're stumped, and I really don't want to pay $80 for the local computer repair place to tell me it was something silly, but if push comes to shove so be it. We're positive the heat isn't building up, the last temp I read from my CPU was 65 when I was playing X-COM 2 about an hour or so ago. Does anyone know what the problem may be? Parts are: GPU: - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 PSU: - EVGA SuperNOVA 750 B2 CPU: - Intel i5 3570k @ 3.40 GHz RAM: - 8 GB DDR3 OS: - Windows 10 64 Bit

After a bunch of tests, and other such things... we're not sure what it is. The list of things I've done to test this problem is: Tried the GPU in another computer. Uninstalled/Reinstalled the drives Found out that when we dismantled my computer we didn't put thermal paste back on the HS, reapplied it to the HS. Reset the CMOS Tried older cards Anyone know what might be happening?

I actually think it might be my graphics card overheating causing the computer to restart? I took off the case, and it put my hand to it. It was fairly warm. I'm downloading software to check the temps, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'll try it out, thanks! On a side note, I've uninstalled my drivers and used factory drivers from Gigabyte's website, and everything seems stable.

Should I upgrade my RAM at this point? The motherboard is chugging along fine. We actually reset the bios and cleaned the thing free of dust.

Max! I could run max on my 960 with no problems, too.

EVGA B2 750W PSU, and yeah I'm doing fresh installs of the drivers. No overclocks. I haven't touched anything like that. As stated before, the screen freezes but the computer keeps running. So far it's happened in Dying Light, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and X-COM 2. X-COM I went for about half an hour before crashing.