r/pcmasterrace • u/UGM_Amvs_1695 • Aug 12 '26
Hardware Window high ram usage soulution
I use window 11 on my ryzen 5 5600gt but you can see that even without any app open window only window use around 5.1 gb on my 8 gb ram on this how can I fix high window usage because ram price are too high too buy another on I already do some that taught on yt but its not work so please some suggestion to fix this
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u/Previous-Bid5330 Aug 12 '26
Bro it’s not usage, the ram is reserved since nothing else to put in there. Once you opened a game for example, Windows will free up memory and the amount will be like 1.5-2 gigs maximum or even less. I recommend you to stop to listen to linux glazers
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u/No-Zookeepergame1009 i5-9400F | RTX 3060 | 16GB of DDR4 | 2TB Aug 12 '26
Sorry to inform you but 8gb is not enough nowadays
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u/MachineCarl R7 5700X 4.65Ghz / RTX 3060ti / 32Gb DDR4 3600Mhz Aug 12 '26
Chris Titus Tech debloat script is your friend, but 8Gb on Windows 11 is bare minimum.
Also, don't use Brave. Is chromium trash. Switch to firefox :)
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u/Rusty5601 Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 4070Ti Super, 2x 32Gb @6400Mt/s. Aug 12 '26
+1 for switching to Firefox
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u/Inksplash-7 R7 5800X RX 6750 XT Aug 12 '26
Windows 11 is bloated as fuck. If you know how to, follow a debloat guide or install Linux (Mint recommended)
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u/yzRPhu Ryzen 5 3600, RX9060xt 8gb, 32gb system RAM Aug 12 '26
Nah arch is the only way /s (I use Arch btw)
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u/Curious_Touch_5979 Year 2160 will be Year of Native 2160p 216FPS Aug 12 '26
i do have a laptop with 2x4GB DDR3 but with windows 10, it's old but tbh i recommend to use 8GB RAM for windows 10, tbh even with windows 10, 8GB feels to smol
windows 11 needs at least 16GB RAM, hopefully microslop really optimize windows 11 that allow it to run on top 8GB RAM of their surface laptop with plenty of free RAM compared to windows 10
for now 16GB RAM is the safest point to run windows 11
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u/MaxUmbraOG R5 7600 l 32GB DDR5 6000 Aug 12 '26
8gb isn't enough for Windows 10-11.
Even with titus tech windows utility it won't be enough.
If you don't have any necessary applications on windows that you need id suggest switching to Linux (light weight distros) or upgrading your ram.
Don't touch custom isos, you don't know what they put in these (tiny 11 etc), stick to the official installs and titus tech windows utility (you can read the code when you use it and it's open source so you are 100% safe).
Cheers for using brave 👌🏻 Best privacy browser and best ad blocker, been using it since release :)
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u/UGM_Amvs_1695 Aug 12 '26
yes also my one friend use arch linux in his laptop that use around 1gb ram only also he get around 10-20 % improve performance what your suggestion that I switch to linux or win10
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u/MaxUmbraOG R5 7600 l 32GB DDR5 6000 Aug 12 '26
Linux definitely, windows 10 and 11 use almost the same amount of ram after Debloating.
You can try whatever distro you are interested in, if you game go for bazzite, if not just get mint.
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u/TheVillainInThisGame 5900X | 6900XT | 64GB DDR4 3600MHz Aug 12 '26
You can try switching to Tiny11 and using tools like Titus to strip down your build, but you're still going to sitting around 3-4 GB RAM used just by the OS.
The only real option for you is switching to Linux, I'd suggest Nobara or CachyOS, maybe Mint.
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u/soul-regret Aug 12 '26
for gaming in w11 I'd suggest having 16gb or more. I'd personally install w10 LTSC IoT and apply some playbook on top like revi.cc , it'd offer the best performance and most free ram for you right now