Unless he has enough ram.If you're gonna keep a lot of stuff running in the background then yes more ram is good
Can you explain with a bit more detail?my system gets poky
First of all, you forgot to attach the screenshot
secondly, you only get ram if you get to the point where you use 100% of it.
The system won't pass stuff to the ssd unless ram is 100% full.
I can see it.I can see the screenshot myself, can anyone else?
Can you explain with a bit more detail?
I suspect your problem lies elsewhere.
Windows manages ram quite well.
I assume you have not changed any windows default settings or disabled the page file.
It always leaves some ram available for instant use if needed. Above, I see 4.1gb available.
Old code and contents are kept in ram on speculation that it might get reused .
That is a good thing.
If you are having a ram shortage problem, it should show up in task manager as a high hard page fault rate.
Anything like 1 per second indicates a ram shortage.
Can you provide a link to this compression of memory? I would like to read up on that.
What are you doing that gets "poky"?
Also, post the make/model of your cpu/mobo/graphics card/psu case/cooler.
That might be a clue to your problem.
"a lot" - how much is that?I'm the guy that has a lot of Chrome tabs open
"a lot" - how much is that?
50? 100? 200?
What is your ssd that you are using?
It seems to indicate a samsung QVO unit which is a lower performing version, particularly for writes.
When you overwhelm a ssd with writes, it can take a while for it to catch up.
Some units are better than other at that.
Look at your hard fault/second rate. If it is anything above 0, you can use more ram.
An occasional hard fault is not bad.I opened up resource monitor a few times, I might see a hard fault or two, but they are temporary, and then disappear. Would I be looking for a hard fault that is persistent?