Sims 4 Using Up all my RAM
Hi, a few years ago many people helped me get my current gaming laptop which I love, to play Sims again. It was recommended to me and I was told the 8GB of RAM should suffice but now I know the stem...
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Thanks I will try this when I maybe attempt it tomorrow or later tonight if I can find the time.
i am not computer smart but if its a hardware issue what would I do? I simply cannot afford a new PC and don’t know when and if I can considering this one was very expensive. It’s just about 5 years old and I take good care of it and don’t download anything weird onto it so I’m not sure why there would be any issues.
I did try a vanilla game as you explained above and it didn’t work unfortunately. But the task manager thing- I couldn’t tell you what is and isn’t important in the background processes so I don’t want to end anything that shouldn’t be ended.
my PC has been running slow so it’s definitely not just my game but I already had Microsoft look into it and I definitely had windows errors so I did a repair install of it. I do want to get more RAM for my PC and I plan to do that soon, but I was trying to get this all sorted out first. I can’t seem to get anyone to figure out why my PC is so slow.
hi im sorry no one here is helping you. but the only issue about your laptop is that you are running it with an HDD. its an extremeeellyy slow form of storage that isnt used anymore nowadays to run pcs. nowadays HDDs are mostly used for backup storage as a cheaper option for bigger backups. an HDD in this age is completely unusable with running windows on it. you have to get an m.2 nvme SSD installed in your laptop for it to be at useable speeds.going by your task manager screen shot and your CPU model and age my guess is that your laptop does have an m.2 nvme slot in it that isnt used and you are using the HDD in the 2.5 inch drive bay in your laptop. if your laptop does not have an m2 nvme slot -which it probably does- you can also get 2.5 inch ssd drives that go in the place of the HDD. also if you are able to get an m2 nvme installed in your laptop, you will still have the HDD useable in there. also while you are at it you also should upgrade your ram to 16gb since 8gb is absolutely not enough anymore. the actual hardware in your laptop is still fast enough for almost anything you want to run on it so please dont waste your money on a new one yet while yours is still useable with upgrades. your windows isnt the issue but i recommend doing a clean install of windows 11 on the ssd when you get it installed. your system is supported by windows 11 and for security and updates its better to use the latest os and windows 10 will lose its support in 2025 anyway. also your windows repair install taking 7 hours is entirely the HDDs fault because the HDD isn just not fast enough at accessing data. this isnt an issue with SSDs windows updates just take less than 5 minutes and a fresh install wont take longer than an hour. windows 11 does have kind of better memory management and update management too so it will help too.
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