So this problem started about two weeks ago, with nothing in particular changing. Just standard windows updates and so on. I'll try and list every single program I use when my PC is running (Looking at my notification area primarily):
EVGA Precision X
Core Temp
Xfire
Steam
Avast Antivirus
Comodo Firewall
Logitech Gaming Control Panel
Catalyst Control Center
XFastUSB
XFast LAN
Spybot S&D 2
Sticky Notes (The Windows ones - I have like 3 on my desktop)
I use chrome 99% of the time for the internet, and it uses a nice chunk of ram because I have about a dozen extensions. I can list all those if this might matter, the thing is I'll just be sitting at my PC with it open and then after awhile I get a popup usually from Chrome first that says it ran out of memory and then often Chrome just closes. Then I get a message from Windows saying I'm low on memory. If I look at my task manager and look at memory usage it's usually at something like 14.6 GB and I have 16 GB (2 x 8 GB DDR3 sticks).
I did spyware checks and virus scans and turned up nothing. I'm at an absolute loss, although I'm infuriated that this issue just won't stop occurring from some inept programmer forgetting to release the memory. CCC.exe seems to use a lot of ram sometimes, but nothing outrageous. I've even used Microsoft's Process Explorer (the one you have to download) and I don't see any one app eating tons of ram other than Chrome. Even so, Chrome in total uses maybe 2-3 GB. Every time I go to monitor the memory use it never ramps up so I just get tired of looking at it and close it. Then hours later it has ramped up insanely again and repeats.
This is bad enough in my book I'm about ready to switch OSes if this isn't resolved. Really getting tired of this game, and I'm not sure if I should be angry with Microsoft, Google, or someone else completely. As far as Chrome goes I've looked in Chrome's task manager and the highest memory use is 157,000K for the browser, my highest extensions is AdBlock Plus at 103,988K. Most extensions are around 13,000K, maybe 2-3 are in the 30-70K range.
Any suggestions on what this could be? I keep wanting to say Chrome, but I really can't switch from Chrome. Too many features I use that I don't want to give up.
EVGA Precision X
Core Temp
Xfire
Steam
Avast Antivirus
Comodo Firewall
Logitech Gaming Control Panel
Catalyst Control Center
XFastUSB
XFast LAN
Spybot S&D 2
Sticky Notes (The Windows ones - I have like 3 on my desktop)
I use chrome 99% of the time for the internet, and it uses a nice chunk of ram because I have about a dozen extensions. I can list all those if this might matter, the thing is I'll just be sitting at my PC with it open and then after awhile I get a popup usually from Chrome first that says it ran out of memory and then often Chrome just closes. Then I get a message from Windows saying I'm low on memory. If I look at my task manager and look at memory usage it's usually at something like 14.6 GB and I have 16 GB (2 x 8 GB DDR3 sticks).
I did spyware checks and virus scans and turned up nothing. I'm at an absolute loss, although I'm infuriated that this issue just won't stop occurring from some inept programmer forgetting to release the memory. CCC.exe seems to use a lot of ram sometimes, but nothing outrageous. I've even used Microsoft's Process Explorer (the one you have to download) and I don't see any one app eating tons of ram other than Chrome. Even so, Chrome in total uses maybe 2-3 GB. Every time I go to monitor the memory use it never ramps up so I just get tired of looking at it and close it. Then hours later it has ramped up insanely again and repeats.
This is bad enough in my book I'm about ready to switch OSes if this isn't resolved. Really getting tired of this game, and I'm not sure if I should be angry with Microsoft, Google, or someone else completely. As far as Chrome goes I've looked in Chrome's task manager and the highest memory use is 157,000K for the browser, my highest extensions is AdBlock Plus at 103,988K. Most extensions are around 13,000K, maybe 2-3 are in the 30-70K range.
Any suggestions on what this could be? I keep wanting to say Chrome, but I really can't switch from Chrome. Too many features I use that I don't want to give up.