Added additional RAM but getting 100% disk usage

[MattCossins]

Installed additional sticks of RAM (following the crucial compatibility advisor so it is all compatible). The RAM is seen by the system as 32GB- but I don’t think it’s being used. There’s a constant usage (completely flat line) of about 4GB RAM - never changes. However HDD had 100% disk usage so I think it’s being used as virtual memory as if the computer didn’t have enough RAM?

[Pyro]

It’s possible that your HDD is bottlenecking your ram, if it is a particularly old unit or cluttered, where do you see this flat line, is it while playing a game, browsing the web, or just idling the system?

Please download and run speccy.

Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.
[HEADING=3]To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:[/HEADING]
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[li]In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.[/li][li]In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.[/li][li]Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot dialog box. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.[/li][/ol]

Please also include your model of Power Supply, the rating, and the wattage (i.e Corsair # 750W Gold)

[Bruce]

and go into Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del), Processes tab, and click on the Disk column header to sort by descending order. the top row will be your culprit.

[Bruce]

@MattCossins - any update?

[Bruce]

no activity - abandoned.