Sony Vaio Z using too much RAM

gregfromHR

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Recently, my computer has been using way more memory than it should be using. When I first boot up and just have a couple applications open its already using 4 gb. And since this has been happening I've noticed significant drops in performance, especially playing games.

I took screenshots of the amount of RAM it said I was using and then the list of the all the processes it said I had running. I added up all of the list and it was 2,137,406 kb when on the performance window it said I was using 5.46 gb so I don't know where that additional 3.36 gb is coming from.
 

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Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio Z with external media dock
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-2640M Processor 2.80 GHz with Turbo Boost up
Memory
8 GB (4 GB (Custom Module) x 2) DDR3 SDRAM*2
Graphics Card(s)
Intel® HD Graphics 3000, and AMD Radeon™ HD 6650M*18 in dock
Hard Drives
256 GB*3 (128 GB x 2(RAID 0)*4, Serial ATA)
Antivirus
Kasper
Browser
Chrome
Within Task Manager...
...while looking at the tab named Processes
...you will want to click on the button named "Show processes from all users".

That button is on the lower left part of the Task Manager window.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Employer provided Dell Latitude
OS
W7 Pro SP1 64bit
CPU
i7
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Hard Drives
crappy SSD
Antivirus
Employer mandated Symantec Endpoint Protection
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Pale Moon 64bit, IE11 64bit & Chrome 64bit
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