Bought Ballistix ram

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I just bought Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB DDR3-1866 (PC3-14900) CL10 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (Two 4GB Memory Modules). I'm noticing that my computer is constantly using 3-4 gigs and that when running other stuff it gets to 6-7 and heaven forbid i use photoshop.. Anyway is this good ram? is there something im missing here?
 
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You should check your Task Manager for anything that you don't want running in the background. When Photoshop is running, it's normal for your RAM to be capped out because Photoshop is trying to use the most it can to make all the operations needed as quickly as possible. That RAM is of good quality and there isn't really "bad ram" out there nowdays. What makes the difference is Timings, frequency, not capacity.

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Yes i just changed it.. left it alone then after a week i decided to check the usage and saw how high it was.. Used to have really crappy ram.
 

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You should check your Task Manager for anything that you don't want running in the background. When Photoshop is running, it's normal for your RAM to be capped out because Photoshop is trying to use the most it can to make all the operations needed as quickly as possible. That RAM is of good quality and there isn't really "bad ram" out there nowdays. What makes the difference is Timings, frequency, not capacity.
 
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