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I have to monitor my computer physical memory (RAM) usage constantly when I'm working, because sometimes I will work with multiple applications (e.g Sublime Text, Photoshop, MS Visual Studio and Chrome with 10+ tabs open) - and I want to know what's the current RAM usage so I won't push it too far.
Currently, in order to monitor my computer's RAM usage, that's what I do:
Open Windows Task Manager → Go to Performance
tab → Watch Memory box
/ Physical Memory: (Usage Percentage)
at the bottom:
However it's not convenient. Sometimes I will open 5 new tabs in Chrome and forget to monitor my RAM because the Windows Task Manager is minimized - only to find that something is going to crash because I'm using too much RAM, followed by my PC shutting down Chrome to free some memory.
What I want is to constantly view and monitor my computer's RAM usage in all of my application, including my browser.
@Joey Except that electronic creates a lot of waste which is often not recycled and pollute the living space of poor people. Cost is not the only factor. 70 EUR can also be a lot for some people. – 12431234123412341234123 – 2019-12-11T13:57:39.110
2> so I won't push it too far. Unused RAM is wasted RAM, just like bandwidth. > something is going to crash because I'm using too much RAM Have you modified the swapfile settings or are low on space? You should be able to use as much memory as necessary via virtual-memory. When you use too much, Windows should automatically just page in/out from/to disk without issue unless you have manually limited virtual memory or are out of space on the pagefile volume(s). – Synetech – 2012-10-02T03:54:48.317
I have disabled pagefile because my virtual memory is out of space. It's a temporary issue, because I know I will have to do something about it soon, but I preferred to disable pagefile because otherwise it would fill up my C: drive to the last byte, causing my PC to reboot. – amiregelz – 2012-10-02T09:32:18.607
Ah, well then yes, you may have problems of you try to use too much memory. – Synetech – 2012-10-02T15:52:33.083
You'll notice when you're close to the limit due to more swapping Furthermore, 16 GiB RAM cost around 70 EUR currently so there is no excuse to have too little RAM. – Joey – 2012-10-27T14:31:02.643
Synetech: Unused RAM is used by the OS for caching recently accessed files to avoid a HDD round-trip, it's also used by the prefetcher. So there's no such thing as unused RAM. – Joey – 2012-10-27T14:32:08.543