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    Ram question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by buzzfgo, Oct 29, 2010.

  1. buzzfgo

    buzzfgo Notebook Guru

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    I have 8GBs of ram, over 5GB of it is listed as Cached and only 1.3GB is showing as free. Is this normal?
     
    buzzfgo, Oct 29, 2010
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  2. Porter

    Porter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds normal to me. If you wait long enough the 1.3gb free may even go down to 0. It just the way it works. It’s a good thing though, it means commonly used programs can startup faster. Windows will free up memory if a program needs it.
     
    Porter, Oct 29, 2010
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  3. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Its all good chiefs, Very normal.

    Windows 7s way of dealing with memory.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Oct 29, 2010
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    Turmoil Notebook Evangelist

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    I am really debating on getting 8 gigs of ram and an SSD... my little Christmas present to myself hehe
     
    Turmoil, Oct 29, 2010
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