HELP my ram usage is high

[Zaphron1999]

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. My little brothers system is maxing out his ram and shuts off. Its happened twice now. Its a fresh install of windows 7 and its doing it. I disababled windows defender and got Avast and Malware Bytes.

[The Sloth]

that's a joke right? window defender is the lightest, what's your spec? 

[Zaphron1999]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

that's a joke right? window defender is the lightest, what's your spec? 

I read online that disabling windows defender worked. He has 4 gigs of ram and a 560ti, the ram maxes out before i can install the drivers for his 560ti, and is the CPU and Ram being maxed out

[hardtofindinthefuture]

As Linus always says

"BRING ON THE BITS!"

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Zaphron1999 said:

I read online that disabling windows defender worked. He has 4 gigs of ram and a 560ti, the ram maxes out before i can install the drivers for his 560ti, and is the CPU and Ram being maxed out

 

that's a lie, window defender is the lightest antivirus. how is your ram being maxed out what program are you using also what is your cpu? 

[Wolther]

1 minute ago, v0nn_toaster said:

As Linus always says

"BRING ON THE BITS!"

Nice shitpost, doesn't help with the situation. 

 

2 minutes ago, Zaphron1999 said:

I read online that disabling windows defender worked. He has 4 gigs of ram and a 560ti, the ram maxes out before i can install the drivers for his 560ti, and is the CPU and Ram being maxed out

You never said what CPU he has. Also have you opened task manager and watched what programs are causing the ram to "max out"? 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Wolther said:

Nice shitpost, doesn't help with the situation. 

 

You never said what CPU he has. Also have you opened task manager and watched what programs are causing the ram to "max out"? 

 

i recommend hw monitor to monitor the system.

[hardtofindinthefuture]

1 minute ago, Wolther said:

Nice shitpost, doesn't help with the situation. 

Yes it does

Bring on the Bits = GET MORE RAM SON!!!!

[Zaphron1999]

He has an old cpu, and like i said its a fresh install, he has 3 things installed. Avast, Malware Bytes, and google chrome

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Zaphron1999 said:

He has an old cpu, and like i said its a fresh install, he has 3 things installed. Avast, Malware Bytes, and google chrome

whats the "old cpu" a name would help 

[iRileyx]

3 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

Yes it does

Bring on the Bits = GET MORE RAM SON!!!!

No it doesn't. 4gb should be more than enough for most programs and games.

[Zaphron1999]

I mean the ram and cpu being maxed out? I dont think what cpu it is would make it do that. Its the amd 4000+

[Wolther]

1 minute ago, v0nn_toaster said:

Yes it does

Bring on the Bits = GET MORE RAM SON!!!!

He has 4 gb. I'm sure that's plenty for windows 7 

 

2 minutes ago, Zaphron1999 said:

He has an old cpu, and like i said its a fresh install, he has 3 things installed. Avast, Malware Bytes, and google chrome

Did you make sure avast / malware bytes aren't performing a scan for some reason? Windows 7 and Google Chrome alone shouldn't "max out" your ram. Like I said, checking task manager to see what is causing the issue will give you the most information to see what's going on 

[hardtofindinthefuture]

2 minutes ago, Zaphron1999 said:

Its the amd 4000+

That CPU is over 9 years old

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Zaphron1999 said:

I mean the ram and cpu being maxed out? I dont think what cpu it is would make it do that. Its the amd 4000+

its a 2008 cpu, its old starting chrome with few tabs would max out the cpu. i suggest you get a newer cpu or have a light linux build going. your ram being maxed-out is called memory leak. 

[Zaphron1999]

Yes i ran scans on both to see if there was something wrong and there wasnt. No scans running. And when i check the task manager the highest ram usage i get is 10,000k. Im idleing with the task manager open and as i leave it sit there the usage goes up and up til it just powers up

[Zaphron1999]

1 minute ago, v0nn_toaster said:

1 minute ago, Zaphron1999 said:

 

 

2 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

That CPU is over 9 years old

Yes i know, my dad has the same cpu but his runs fine

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Zaphron1999 said:

 

get windows 10 or a light linux 

[JoostinOnline]

Increase the pagefile size.  It's definitely not as good as more RAM, but it should prevent your system from crashing due to a lack of it.

19 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

that's a lie, window defender is the lightest antivirus. how is your ram being maxed out what program are you using also what is your cpu? 

If he has Windows 7, it's also the shittiest.  It's only an anti-spyware.  Avast will have more of an impact on performance, but less so than most, and it's one of the most effective.