crimsonclear said:It starts up at about 50, and slowly gets higher.Something I noticed is that on my account there's only about 40 processes going on, but when I click on the checkbox for "show processes for all users", there's at least 90. I just deleted the only other account on my computer. Thanks for the help!
crimsonclear said:Thanks guys, I'm probably gonna upgrade my memory from 4GB to 8.
d stoner said:before spending money on ram, do what Chaval said, and take out some startup programs 1st. (also do some virus scans)
because, like bacon, i have 4gigs and i idle around 35-40% too
crimsonclear said:I cut down what I can just now, so I'll see what that does for the next couple days
crimsonclear said:Just a quick update: I bought 4 gigs of RAM and swtitched out one of the two gigs ram sticks with it, huge diff. The Physical Usage has dropped to about 40 generally (I'm watching a movie and have itunes, multiple tabs on firefox, word, Vuze, utorrent, and last.fm open and it's 60%). My computer hasn't lagged since.
Chaval said:nice, but did you also try some of the tips we recommended?
crimsonclear said:Of course, cut down my startups a lot, defragged, got rid of a lot of manufacturer programs and unneeded processes, again thanks a lot guys. My computer was getting pretty unbearable