Ram usage high

[formal schooner]

I have 16gb of ram I barely have anything open and it says im using 50%?

[formal schooner]

.

[stoic token]

is it causing any issues though? Windows also uses RAM for the operating system, which isn't shown in the breakdown

[formal schooner]

it goes to 100% when im playing some games so yes

[formal schooner]

and how can it be windows, if i had a 8gb stick, which i did for some time, I wouldnt even be able to open chrome without hitting 100%

[stoic token]

well windows just uses as much ram as it pleases

eg: I have 64GB of ram and just having chrome and discord open it uses 14.5GB of RAM

windows philosophy is: why not use the RAM if you have it

[formal schooner]

ok but can i tell it to chill out

[stoic token]

lol

I'm not sure you can

is it also using 50% when you just started the pc?

[night glade]

And why not

[stoic token]

yeah I'm not against it, but I can see it being a problem if RAM is limited

[night glade]

Yeah, there should be a way to limit windows ram usage

[stoic token]

tbf, windows should be smart enough to release resources if other applications need it

so something might be wrong here

[night glade]

Yeah that is tire

[stoic token]

I've personally reached the stage where if I have a problem with my pc that can't be fixed in a day, I'll just reinstall windows XD. but I realise this is not ideal for most people

[formal schooner]

its at 40% but steam and spotify and discord open onstartup

[night glade]

It’s just not ideal…..period

[stoic token]

it shouldn't be necessary, that's for sure