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

    here you go

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-03T11:55:20+00:00

    These are directly after launch, after closing the automatically starting apps that I don't need like discord or epic games or steam....

    Microsoft edge also automatically starts up but I use google, and I can't uninstall it.

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    As you can see by the scrolling bar on the right, this is not every process, but I'd have to make 5 screenshots to show them all.

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  3. DaveM121 871.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T13:15:00+00:00

    If you want OneDrive to sync your files to the cloud, it needs to be enabled, otherwise you can disable it.

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  4. DaveM121 871.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T12:38:03+00:00

    What items are now still listed on the Logon tab in Autoruns as still running on startup?

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  5. DaveM121 871.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T10:34:37+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

    Select the Performance tab, then click Memory on the left.

    Please provide a screenshot of that window, to provide a screenshot on Community, press Ctrl + V to paste the screenshot in your next reply, that should work

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