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    High RAM usage on my M17x when start up

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by simbeane, Dec 28, 2011.

  1. simbeane

    simbeane Notebook Geek

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    I have just got my M17x recently from HIDevolution. My M17x uses 8gb (2dimms) of kingston hyperx 1600mhz. I don't know why the ram usage is about 2gb (1.90GB) when start up windows 7 (home premium). I don't run any big programs except for yahoo messenger and skype start up with the windows.
    Im wondering it is because of the Alienware FX program causing high memory usage. But Im not sure if that's true or not.
    My friend's laptop only uses 1.1gb of ram when start up (windows 7 home).
    Anyone has any idea?
    thanks
     
    simbeane, Dec 28, 2011
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  2. martin541

    martin541 Notebook Consultant

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    i wouldnt worry 2gb is not alot of usage on start up considering u are packing 8gb
     
    martin541, Dec 28, 2011
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  3. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    The more RAM you have, generally speaking, the more RAM Windows will use. That's actually a good thing because the machine works faster. High memory use or CPU utilization at idle can be a memory leak or malware, but in your case 75% of the memory is free if only 2GB are being used. My M18x generally uses 2.5-3.0GB of the 16GB available at idle.

    Are you having any performance issues, or just concerned about the amount of memory in use?
     
    Mr. Fox, Dec 29, 2011
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  4. Serephucus

    Serephucus Notebook Deity

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    Skype is actually a RAM hog anyway. Mine uses ~110MB just idling.

    At the moment, I'm using 1.9GB, that's with the following open:

    Firefox (two tabs), sidebar (four widgets), Steam, uTorrent, GTalk, GMusic, MSE, Splashtop, NVIDIA settings, Afterburner, VCD, Logitech settings.

    All of the above is probably about 350MB, so I'd say your RAM usage is a bit high, but nothing really to be concerned about. (No game that I know of will need 6GB)
     
    Serephucus, Dec 29, 2011
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  5. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    mine starts with much more than that, about 2.5GB
     
    maxheap, Dec 29, 2011
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  6. GeoCake

    GeoCake http://ted.ph

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    Think mine is around 1.5gb on start

    2.12GB now, firefox 2 tabs, mirc, arcsoft capture
     
    GeoCake, Dec 29, 2011
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