my PC is using way more ram than normal

[DefectedSOul]

PC
Processor - AMD FX 8320 Black Edition (8 Cores @ 3.5GHz)
Graphics Card - AMD Radeon Sapphire R9 270X 4GB OC edition
RAM - 2x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaw X (8GB DDR3 @ 1866)
Power Supply - 850watt EVGA SuperNOVA G2
Motherboard - GIGABYTE 970A-UD3P

My pc normal uses around 20% of ram just running idle after start up but i turend it on and the ram usage is at 70% and im running AVG and Malware Bytes to see if its malware or a virus
any idea what could be causing all my ram to become used?

 

[SchizTech]

Check the task manager after the reboot to see if things are improved

i just happened to look and systray.exe and dvdupgrd.exe are in both Windows32 and SysWOW64

The copies in SYSWOW64 (on a 64 bit windows) are the 32 bit versions of the files needed for compatibility

 

[SchizTech]

Well there are definitely some odd things here. At this point it might be easier to knock out the system and reinstall Windows than to pick at little bugs which could be tough to nail down. If you have the install disk and some time to re-do everything, that is the surest way to clear all these issues. Just make sure you save any files you don't want to lose on an external drive.

Short of that you could throw a bunch of other cleaners and antimalware programs at it, though the chances of success aren't 100%

do you think i should try deleting the SysWOW64 file? seems to have almost everything the Windows32 file has before i re install windows?

That probably would do more harm than good. Even though some files in there might be misbehaving the folder is an important folder needed to be able to run 32 bit software (which includes a lot of common programs)

 

[DefectedSOul]

Well there are definitely some odd things here. At this point it might be easier to knock out the system and reinstall Windows than to pick at little bugs which could be tough to nail down. If you have the install disk and some time to re-do everything, that is the surest way to clear all these issues. Just make sure you save any files you don't want to lose on an external drive.

Short of that you could throw a bunch of other cleaners and antimalware programs at it, though the chances of success aren't 100%

do you think i should try deleting the SysWOW64 file? seems to have almost everything the Windows32 file has before i re install windows?

That probably would do more harm than good. Even though some files in there might be misbehaving the folder is an important folder needed to be able to run 32 bit software (which includes a lot of common programs)

ohhhhhhh okay okay probably my best bet is to do a fresh install of windows

 

[SchizTech]

That would be the surest bet. If you have any more questions I'm still here

 

[DefectedSOul]

That would be the surest bet. If you have any more questions I'm still here

thank you
and i rebooted into windows normally now and my usage is at 50% still high but better
another question, if i re install windows would i have to reinstall my games from steam even tho they are on a separate hard drive. i know some games put files into the windows files. would those be affected?

 

[SchizTech]

Yes, all programs would need to be re-installed. Once you re-install the Steam program and log in to Steam you'll be able to re-install the games you purchased.

 

[DefectedSOul]

Yes, all programs would need to be re-installed. Once you re-install the Steam program and log in to Steam you'll be able to re-install the games you purchased.

thank you im gonna try one more thing and if it still doesn't work then ill do a fresh install

 

[DefectedSOul]

Yes, all programs would need to be re-installed. Once you re-install the Steam program and log in to Steam you'll be able to re-install the games you purchased.

I finally got something to sorta help i tried the recovery and the idle usage is now around 35% to 40% with 3 to 4 GB of ram being used.. Do you thing a fresh install would still be the best way to go?

 

[SchizTech]

Is that percentage idle RAM or CPU? Either way a fresh install would completely restore performance and rid you of errors.

 

[DefectedSOul]

Is that percentage idle RAM or CPU? Either way a fresh install would completely restore performance and rid you of errors.

thats my ram usage right now after a fresh boot my cpu is at 2% and ram is at 39%
If i do a fresh install it would be an opportune time for me to get an SSD to start fresh on i guess