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RAM usage higher than usual after adding more RAM and fresh OS install

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  • Hard Drives
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October 9, 2014 6:29:58 PM

My system is fairly old but I'm upgrading it bit by bit as I can. Today I added 2GB of RAM and I also wiped my HDD clean in cmd and reinstalled Windows 7. Now all of a sudden my Physical Memory is higher than usual, even when idling. I know my RAM isn't much anyway (6GB) but before the install I could play games in ok setting, live stream with consitant 60-70FPS and watch videos on YT at the same time. During this time I'd be at aroud 70-80% Physical Memory usage. Now if I try and move in a game my whole computer freezes up, or if I try and load youtube videos my chrome crashes for a few seconds. I've been hitting 91% Physical memory after I added more RAM... Not sure what I can do to fix this?

I hope there's enough information below for me to get some help. Thank you.

Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel i5 750 3.6GHz
6GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
2TB Sata II HDD
Gigabyte P55-UD4

Idle:


Skype, Chrome (Chrome is the same as it was before install) and Blizzard Client open:


6GB DDR3 RAM:


RAM #1 (slot 1)


RAM #2 (slot 3)


RAM #3 (slot 4)


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October 10, 2014 4:26:35 AM

Any ideas guys? I've tried re-mounting the RAM. Would slot numbers make a difference?
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October 10, 2014 9:45:58 AM

CLOSE THIS THREAD. Thank you.
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