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Why is 50% of my RAM being used when idle?

Anonymous
2023-12-03T10:00:49+00:00

I have 16GB of memory in total (3200mhz) and it's always at 97%+ when gaming, and when idle, it's always at around 50%. When scrolling through task manager, it doesn't seem like I am using that much, but there are LOADS of small files using around 20MB each, including lots of service host files. I haven't done the math, but those small files could be the ones using around 6GB while idle. I was just wondering if there is any way to check which files you actually need and which files are just using up ram without being usefull. I currently have 200 processes running, of which only 3 are actually opened! 97 of them are background processes and 100 are from windows! Even in the background processes, there are tons of them with windows in their name. My games often crash because I don't have any more memory, so can someone please explain how to stop this!
I tried to take pictures of it, and it took over 5 pictures on fullscreen to show all of the processes, but for some reason I can't insert them here.

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T13:34:01+00:00

    It is, but your system is not using 7GB on startup, your screenshot now indicates it is using 4.6GB on startup.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-03T12:48:04+00:00

    It does reduce it quite a bit, is it okay if I keep outlook off? Or should i turn that back on

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  3. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T12:43:11+00:00

    If you temporarily uncheck OneDrive, iCue and Razer Synapse, one at a time for testing purposes, and restart your PC for each one, does your RAM usage reduce significantly

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-03T12:34:08+00:00

    Still quite high, but a bit better

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  5. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T11:46:50+00:00

    Thank you for that screenshot, your RAM usage is very high

    Please restart your PC and before you start any applications including your web browser, please provide another screenshot of that same window, and also please provide one screenshot of the Processes tab contents after you click the Memory column header, so the arrow on the Memory column header points down

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