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Chrome likes RAM. And I tend to hover around 2-3GB of my 8GB doing simple stuff, so that doesn't seem to unreasonable.

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So for christmas i was given some hyperX 8gb DDR3 ram and i never really checked how my system was doing until recently and i was shocked to see that i was using 4gb and all i had open was google chrome .Now i know google was scrutinized for using too much memory but i don't think that's the case . Now in the first screenshot you can see i have hardly anything open so that shouldn't be a problem however in the second you can see im using way too much ram. Im not sure what is causing the problem as i am new to this type of thing and it was my first ever update to my PC .Any suggestions as to why it could be happening would be greatly appreciated   :)

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Windows has a lot of background processes that run for no reason, try ending them. And you'll be surprised how much ram those programs actually use.

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Meh, it's normal TBH. Any time I've had 8GB of RAM on something I've found that the RAM usage is usually around 50%, a nice chunk of that RAM is probably being used by chrome.,

Mhm. And some as cache.

 

I don't understand how some people use so much RAM when just browsing. I'm running Chrome with 60 tabs, a few other things and I'm only using 7.4GB.

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Chrome likes RAM. And I tend to hover around 2-3GB of my 8GB doing simple stuff, so that doesn't seem to unreasonable.

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So for christmas i was given some hyperX 8gb DDR3 ram and i never really checked how my system was doing until recently and i was shocked to see that i was using 4gb and all i had open was google chrome .Now i know google was scrutinized for using too much memory but i don't think that's the case . Now in the first screenshot you can see i have hardly anything open so that shouldn't be a problem however in the second you can see im using way too much ram. Im not sure what is causing the problem as i am new to this type of thing and it was my first ever update to my PC .Any suggestions as to why it could be happening would be greatly appreciated   :)

Look at processes, not at applications. 

 

Applications does not include the many processes that chrome has running. But to be honest, 4GB with just chrome is normal ish.

 

I use about 5.1GB after boot just watching youtube and having 3 tabs open. 

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Mhm. And some as cache.

 

I don't understand how some people use so much RAM when just browsing. I'm running Chrome with 60 tabs, a few other things and I'm only using 7.4GB.

 

I have 10 tabs and steam open and I'm currently using 5.3 GB, going up to 60 7.1GB, why the hell do you have so much ram btw? 

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Windows has a lot of background processes that run for no reason, try ending them. And you'll be surprised how much ram those programs actually use.

How do i know which ones to close and what not is there a special program or something to help me :'(

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I have 10 tabs and steam open and I'm currently using 5.3 GB, going up to 60 7.1GB, why the hell do you have so much ram btw? 

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We decided to keep it and buy 16GB of Vengeance instead.

I then thought it would be a good idea to populate all 4 DIMM slots, meaning that I have 8GB left for my next build, which will be a home server (probably) using my old FX-6100 and that 760G mobo - or a different one because of dead PCI slots.

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An intense 5

thats around where I say it's normal. I have like 8 tabs and I'm at 4gb with W10. The longer the tab has been open the more ram it can use.

But hey I would rather take one tab crashing if a crash accuired with more ram then all my tabs crashing to save some ram.

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