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That's just your system cache, it stores some stuff your system accesses frequently in the memory for quick access.

This tool should clean it if you wish to.

http://www.koshyjohn.com/software/memclean/

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Hi all,

 

My system seems to be using alot of memory. It has 8gig ram and at boot up it is using around 1.5 to 2 gig which is normal and fine as I have alot of thing running.

After I load up a few things it ends up using 4-5 gig of ram but if I close the programs I have open I don't get all the memory back the system is still using 3-3.5 gig of ram any ideas ?

I have checked task manager and what is being used in there dose'nt add up to the amount being used. The system runs fine and fast but I was just wondering were my ram was going.

My pc spec:

Motherboard:     Asus maximus vi hero z87

CPU:                      i4770k

RAM:                     Corsair dominator platinum 2400mhz 8gig

GPU:                     EVGA GTX 680 sc x2 in sli

Power:                  Corsair ax1200i

SSD:                       OCZ vertex 3 240gig x2 in raid 0

HDD:                      Seagate 2TB

SSD:                       Samsung 840 250gig

 

 

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Chances are it's just your OS using more RAM in the background

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Also, are you sure you added up right? 1000MB doesn't equal 1GB, 1024MB equals one gigabyte

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Check Task Manager and look for what processes are using a lot of RAM.

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I'm using 4.6gb right now with just a few chrome tabs open. Press CTRL + shift + ESC then sort it by memory usage, then you'll see what's using up all your RAM.

 

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-CPU- i7 3930k @4.8GHz 1.4v -Mobo- Asus Rampage IV Extreme -GPUs- 2x GTX Titan Hydrocopper SLI -RAM- 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz -Storage- 500GB Samsung 840 SSD | 2TB WD Green HDD


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I'm using 4.6gb right now with just a few chrome tabs open. Press CTRL + shift + ESC then sort it by memory usage, then you'll see what's using up all your RAM.

 

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Or just click the word memory.... It's easier

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Or just click the word memory.... It's easier

That's what I meant :D

Setup Video -----------Peasant Crushing Specs----------- 4K Benchmarks


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That's what I meant :D

Good, for a second I thought you wanted to press 3 buttons instead of one

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task manager  > Performance > Resource Monitor send the screen shot of Memory tab

like this

http://i.imgur.com/9U8V1Wb.jpg

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That's just your system cache, it stores some stuff your system accesses frequently in the memory for quick access.

This tool should clean it if you wish to.

http://www.koshyjohn.com/software/memclean/

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