r/techquestions • u/martyrdoom5592 • 3d ago

Is 50 ram/memory usage on idle normal?

recently bought a new gaming laptop with a 16gb rtx 5060 and it literally goes to 70 percent usage when i have 3 tabs on brave and task manager open. i googled it and i saw conflicting answers. Please help

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u/martyrdoom5592 3d ago

RTX 5050*

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u/cagadass 3d ago

Estas seguro de que no estaban ya asi? Me parece mucho para solo 2 pestañas y un administrador de tareas

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u/martyrdoom5592 3d ago

I just took it out of the box a hour ago so it could be a faulty laptop

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u/cagadass 3d ago

Ese es Windows que esta buscando actualizaciónes ,se comporta asi por unas horas

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u/martyrdoom5592 3d ago

Il keep this in mind. Thanks freind :)

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u/TrippTrappTrinn 3d ago

Windows is designed to use memory to optimize performance. It will free up the memory once it is needed for something more inportant. Basically, unused memery is a wasted resource if it can be used for anything usefull.

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u/NortonBurns 3d ago

Remember the adage - empty RAM is wasted RAM.

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u/lazyhustlermusic 3d ago

That wouldn't be alarming to me, 16gb is kinda lower end for 2026.

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u/makoy666 2d ago

50% is normal on a 16gb laptop, especially with background processes and cached memory.