70%+ memory usage when idle

[harrisoncove]

Hello,
When idle/browsing the web, my memory usage is extremely high

Please help
Thanks.

 

[KalTorak]

Is there any way you would be able to order the programs/background processes by memory usage so we can see what is using it all?

 

[A_Goat]

Go down the list and find out which background processes are taking up the most memory.
And how much RAM Do you have installed in this machine?

 

[harrisoncove]

Is there any way you would be able to order the programs/background processes by memory usage so we can see what is using it all?

Go down the list and find out which background processes are taking up the most memory.
And how much RAM Do you have installed in this machine?

This is it sorted from most usage and least. 8GB memory is installed.

 

[A_Goat]

How much RAM does windows report?
Post an image of your dxdiag informaiton.

Press windows + r and type in "dxdiag" without the quotes.

 

[harrisoncove]

How much RAM does windows report?
Post an image of your dxdiag informaiton.

Press windows + r and type in "dxdiag" without the quotes.

 

[KalTorak]

Ok, so we need to know how much RAM you have installed on this PC, if it uses the same as mine for chrome then I calculate you have 2Gb of RAM??

If so, then yes you will see high usage when running multiple programs. IE steam skype spotify and chrome at once.

 

[KalTorak]

Wow, OK so you have chrome using just over 2Gb of ram. That seems a bit much. As in, way too much, what version of Chrome are you running?

 

[harrisoncove]

Ok, so we need to know how much RAM you have installed on this PC, if it uses the same as mine for chrome then I calculate you have 2Gb of RAM??

If so, then yes you will see high usage when running multiple programs. IE steam skype spotify and chrome at once.

I have 8GB installed.

 

[A_Goat]

What are all those "anti-malware" programs you have open?
Close and disable all anti-virus programs and see what that changes
Especially in Chrome, disable any toolbars or active antivirus within chrome as well

 

[TheAshigaru]

80 background processes seems high. If you sort them by Memory Usage, what takes up the most? I would recommend exiting out of every application except your task manager before doing this.

The problem is probably just a bunch of small updaters and application "helpers" that add up to use a lot of memory. So you'll need to determine which ones are actually beneficial. You can start eliminating things by going to the Startup tab to disable any processes that aren't actually needed on startup. Getting rid of some unnecessary high-impact startup processes will speed up boot times noticeably.

 

[harrisoncove]

Wow, OK so you have chrome using just over 2Gb of ram. That seems a bit much. As in, way too much, what version of Chrome are you running?

I am using Version 39.0.2171.95

 

[harrisoncove]

Wow, OK so you have chrome using just over 2Gb of ram. That seems a bit much. As in, way too much, what version of Chrome are you running?

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[harrisoncove]

80 background processes seems high. If you sort them by Memory Usage, what takes up the most? I would recommend exiting out of every application except your task manager before doing this.

The problem is probably just a bunch of small updaters and application "helpers" that add up to use a lot of memory. So you'll need to determine which ones are actually beneficial. You can start eliminating things by going to the Startup tab to disable any processes that aren't actually needed on startup. Getting rid of some unnecessary high-impact startup processes will speed up boot times noticeably.

When I was using my old PC with 8gb ram this never use to happen

 

[harrisoncove]

What are all those "anti-malware" programs you have open?
Close and disable all anti-virus programs and see what that changes
Especially in Chrome, disable any toolbars or active antivirus within chrome as well

Disabled all, still no change

 

[nick779]

Chrome is a ram whore. With several tabs open it will easily chew up 1-2 GB depending on the pages loaded.
Use Firefox or something else if ram usage is such a problem. Otherwise, who cares how much ram it uses when youre on the web?

 

[harrisoncove]

Chrome is a ram whore. With several tabs open it will easily chew up 1-2 GB depending on the pages loaded.
Use Firefox or something else if ram usage is such a problem. Otherwise, who cares how much ram it uses when youre on the web?

This never use to be a problem, I have 8GB of RAM, this should not be a problem.

 

[harrisoncove]

Just closed down Chrome and went down to 60%, still high...

 

[nick779]

Just closed down Chrome and went down to 60%, still high...

With 8GB on my pc, I sit around 30%. you must have a ton of stuff running in the background.

 

[harrisoncove]

Just closed down Chrome and went down to 60%, still high...

With 8GB on my pc, I sit around 30%. you must have a ton of stuff running in the background.

This is all the main stuff, the rest sits at around 0.1%

 

[A_Goat]

Have you disabled all of your antivirus programs yet?

 

[harrisoncove]

 

[harrisoncove]

Have you disabled all of your antivirus programs yet?

I said a while back that I did and it had no effect.

 

[mamasan2000]

Click on the tab called USERS in Task Manager. And list by memory usage. For some reason win 8 splits that reporting.

 

[harrisoncove]

Click on the tab called USERS in Task Manager. And list by memory usage. For some reason win 8 splits that reporting.