2.6G of RAM usage normal?

[tony37]

It really depends what program you use to see RAM usage:

Screenshot_20200924_000513.png

Stacer says 3.6GiB, inxi says 2.78GiB, and the system monitor says 1.8GiB, but as you (almost) see in 'free' there's also 3.8GiB in 'buff/cache'.

[richb]

It, 3.6 GB RAM, is OK as far as I am concerned. It is well within my 16 GB and does not cause any issues

[danielson]

@Huckleberry Finn:

Yabutt, if my "memory" serves me well (ha!), i could put up to two 4G sticks.

Memory: RAM: total: 15.59 GiB used: 2.89 GiB (18.5%)
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB note: est. slots: 2 EC: None max module size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Bottom-Slot 1(top) size: 8 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s type: DDR3 detail: synchronous bus width: 64 bits
total: 64 bits manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB serial: 106B2ABD
Device-2: Bottom-Slot 2(under) size: 8 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s type: DDR3 detail: synchronous bus width: 64 bits
total: 64 bits manufacturer: 873E part-no: LIFETIMEMEMORY.COM serial: FFFFFFFF

[Dugrath]

At idle with KDE im at 906mb with conky running and with Brave running it jumps up to about 1.2-1.6Gb. This is with Htop. I rarely seem to get passed 2.3ish. 12Gb of ram for me.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Summary:

You have physically (and roughly) 16GB Ram installed ( 2 x 8 GB DDR3 )

That's also the max. total amount possible for that machine. (according to the output). Also the max. amount for each slot (8GB).

(Though this was not your original question for the thread)

[danielson]

Would making a dedicated swap partition (4G maybe) have a favorable impact?

Always thought it wouldn't make a difference, but who knows!

[danielson]

@Huckleberry Finn - correcto!

http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/5802/55can4.png

[JayM]

Btw, is there a way to turn off "disk writes"?

What are you talking about, please? Also please provide your Quick System Info.

[danielson]

@JayM
Red line points to no. that fluctuates all the time (even if at zero at time of screenshot):
https://snipboard.io/rbcXgy.jpg

Sys info.:
https://justpaste.it/7hywb

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@Huckleberry Finn - guess my memory did not serve me well after all (embarrassed).

[Huckleberry Finn]

guess my memory did not serve me well after all (embarrassed).

" C'est La Vie " :)