Upgraded memory but no difference

[maxxo]

Hello, My W7 machine had 4GB ram and when i checked memory usage in Task Manager, it was about 50-60% on average. I added additional 4 GB and now it has 8GB in total. But when i check the memory usage now, it is still 50-60% usage and more sometimes. I haven't added any more application. I assumed adding RAM would leave me 6GB available (2GB from the original one +added 4GB). Why my memory usage is increased after the upgrade?

 

[Candan]

Adding more ram will only make your PC be able to do more at once (not necessarily faster, just more)

it's still going to use what's available in terms of percentage.

What you might want to do in Task manager is have a look to see what's hogging your resources in the processes tab though.

You didn't mention what you're doing at the time you see 50-60% usage. Sure that's not the "system idle" process?

 

[maxxo]

Adding more ram will only make your PC be able to do more at once (not necessarily faster, just more)

it's still going to use what's available in terms of percentage.

What you might want to do in Task manager is have a look to see what's hogging your resources in the processes tab though.

You didn't mention what you're doing at the time you see 50-60% usage. Sure that's not the "system idle" process?

Thank you for your answer. My normal usage is FF with 30 tabs, Skype, Notepad and occasionally Excel/Word. In the background, Lasso Process Optimizer, AV and Firewall etc. I avoid applications that run in background.

 

[Candan]

30 browser tabs is a lot for small RAM. So I'd say your 50-60% is probably about right. Close some!

Like I said, it will be able to handle more tabs with more RAM and be able to handle more at the same time. But not necessarily faster as suggested.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

For more processing speed you need a more powerful processor (CPU).

 

[TJ Hooker]

Windows will often try to preload frequently used data into memory (I think it's called prefetch or super fetch or something), or keep recently closed data in memory, to improve load times. The degree to which it will do this is somewhat dependent on how much memory is available. So it's possible Windows just scaled up this behaviour when you added more memory. If that's the case, there's no need to be worried, as Windows will discard this loaded data to free up memory if you start running low.

 

[aquielisunari]

Hello, My W7 machine had 4GB ram and when i checked memory usage in Task Manager, it was about 50-60% on average. I added additional 4 GB and now it has 8GB in total. But when i check the memory usage now, it is still 50-60% usage and more sometimes. I haven't added any more application. I assumed adding RAM would leave me 6GB available (2GB from the original one +added 4GB). Why my memory usage is increased after the upgrade?

From your tasks you mentioned the percentages sound right. Having one number really doesn't er shouldn't mean much. That is but a small slice of the cake. How is that 50-60% adding up? Consider this

See that standby number? That's the amount that Windows thinks it will need according to the user's prior actions. That means that it "saw" you use all those programs and so it needs to prepare itself. I'm, downloading 8 items, have Chrome open with about a dozen tabs and more than a few other apps active including a movie(with a kill count in the 10s of thousands) and my usage of 8GB is at 41%. You're doing a LOT more than I am so it stands to reason what you are seeing is normal and is to be expected.

 

[maxxo]

Hello, My W7 machine had 4GB ram and when i checked memory usage in Task Manager, it was about 50-60% on average. I added additional 4 GB and now it has 8GB in total. But when i check the memory usage now, it is still 50-60% usage and more sometimes. I haven't added any more application. I assumed adding RAM would leave me 6GB available (2GB from the original one +added 4GB). Why my memory usage is increased after the upgrade?

From your tasks you mentioned the percentages sound right. Having one number really doesn't er shouldn't mean much. That is but a small slice of the cake. How is that 50-60% adding up? Consider this

See that standby number? That's the amount that Windows thinks it will need according to the user's prior actions. That means that it "saw" you use all those programs and so it needs to prepare itself. I'm, downloading 8 items, have Chrome open with about a dozen tabs and more than a few other apps active including a movie(with a kill count in the 10s of thousands) and my usage of 8GB is at 41%. You're doing a LOT more than I am so it stands to reason what you are seeing is normal and is to be expected.

Thank you so much. Loving this community.

 

[aquielisunari]

Hello, My W7 machine had 4GB ram and when i checked memory usage in Task Manager, it was about 50-60% on average. I added additional 4 GB and now it has 8GB in total. But when i check the memory usage now, it is still 50-60% usage and more sometimes. I haven't added any more application. I assumed adding RAM would leave me 6GB available (2GB from the original one +added 4GB). Why my memory usage is increased after the upgrade?

From your tasks you mentioned the percentages sound right. Having one number really doesn't er shouldn't mean much. That is but a small slice of the cake. How is that 50-60% adding up? Consider this

See that standby number? That's the amount that Windows thinks it will need according to the user's prior actions. That means that it "saw" you use all those programs and so it needs to prepare itself. I'm, downloading 8 items, have Chrome open with about a dozen tabs and more than a few other apps active including a movie(with a kill count in the 10s of thousands) and my usage of 8GB is at 41%. You're doing a LOT more than I am so it stands to reason what you are seeing is normal and is to be expected.

Thank you so much. Loving this community.

You're welcome