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8GB of memory for a W11 machine is not much.
Upgrading to at least 16GB would be a nice jump.
Removing Dell Bloatware and preinstalled software (such as McAfee) can also help to free up additional system resources.
Let's get some more information:
Download and run the free version of speccy.
Once you have ran speccy, publish the scan by going to: File > Publish Snapshot.
Upgrading to at least 16GB would be a nice jump.
Removing Dell Bloatware and preinstalled software (such as McAfee) can also help to free up additional system resources.
Let's get some more information:
Download and run the free version of speccy.
Once you have ran speccy, publish the scan by going to: File > Publish Snapshot.
They have been told the same thing on other places that they have posted this on.
Adding to what has been posted here and on the other places.
Windows is not the only thing that is running you have to take into consideration the background running programs and services.
Could also be updates/patches that are currently being performed.
So yes, this is normal until you get more RAM installed this will continue.
Just for FYI on the RAM
You need to get a matching stick of RAM so that you get dual channel single channel RAM bottlenecks both the CPU and GPU, note the way that nearly all of your RAM has been used up.
Adding to what has been posted here and on the other places.
Windows is not the only thing that is running you have to take into consideration the background running programs and services.
Could also be updates/patches that are currently being performed.
So yes, this is normal until you get more RAM installed this will continue.
Just for FYI on the RAM
You need to get a matching stick of RAM so that you get dual channel single channel RAM bottlenecks both the CPU and GPU, note the way that nearly all of your RAM has been used up.
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