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January 10th, 2019 11:00

Should I increase RAM from 4GB to 8GB

I m working on Android studio so that my laptop slow in speed...its creating trouble....so that I want to increase ram 4gb to 8gb ... DESKTOP--L3E8E1, Intel (R) core i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz , 4.00GB RAM, 64-bit os, x64-based processor, windows 10 home single language version 1803. How I increased??

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January 10th, 2019 12:00

Thank you for your message. What is the system model in question here?

 

The recommend memory is 8GB as most of the memory on a 4GB will be used by background process.

 

For my reference, please click on the message tab next to your avatar– click “New Message” & search for my Dell username (Sreejith R) & send a private message with the service tag, registered name & email address.

 

How to locate the service tag

 

 

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January 10th, 2019 18:00

Open Task Manager, click "More details" in the lower-left corner (if it already says "Less details", skip this), then go to the Performance tab and see how much memory your system is using during your normal workloads.  If it's using more than half, then adding more memory will likely improve performance.  Windows generally won't allow ALL of the system memory to be used because it will try to keep some available for new applications in use, etc, so you shouldn't wait to see extremely high utilization before deciding to add more memory.  And if more memory is available and nothing else needs it, Windows will start using other optimizations.  For example, if it notices that you tend to use a particular application frequently, it will preload that into memory even when you haven't launched it as long as nothing else is using that memory.  If something else needs it, then memory used for those types of optimizations will be returned, but if you end up launching that application, then obviously that will happen faster if it's been preloaded into memory.  On Windows 10, this is shown under Task Manager when you click the Memory tab as "Standby memory".  As an example, on my system I have 16GB of memory.  8.1GB of that shows as "In use", but an additional 7.6GB is being used for standby.  So even if you DON'T see a lot of memory being actively used, Windows can find ways to take advantage of additional memory if you provide it.

If you want to add memory, go to support.dell.com, search your laptop model name (or Service Tag), select the Manuals & Documents section, and download the Owner's Manual or Service Manual.  The "Desktop-L3E8E1" name you provided is just your Windows computer name, not your laptop model.  But once you find that, one of those documents will have step-by-step guides for how to remove and install each component of the system, complete with diagrams.  Memory is typically very easy to access.  However, you should check to see what you currently have in terms of available slots in your system.  If your system's 4GB of memory comes from a single 4GB module and you have another memory slot that's open, then you could just buy another 4GB module and add it.  If your system has 2x 2GB sticks and no open slots, then you would need to buy 2x 4GB sticks instead and remove the existing modules.  In terms of choosing the right memory, Crucial.com has a convenient tool for recommending memory that is compatible with your specific system.  Of course it only recommends Crucial brand memory, but they're a solid brand.

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January 29th, 2021 19:00

My brand new dell 3593 is running extremely slow. It even takes long to open a single browser. multitasking is out of question. Talked to chat support, but no solution. what should i do?

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January 30th, 2021 14:00

@anitapan 

Create your post. You are not even in the right forum. This is for Vostro laptops.

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January 31st, 2021 04:00

ok, thank you

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April 15th, 2021 20:00

This trick can boost your pc performance not ram. 

Open file explorer. RIGHT CLICK ON IT. CLICK ON PROPERTIES. 

ON SIDE CLICK ON advance system setting. Go to advance tab. In performance bar click on setting. 

On virtual memory (RAM) bar. Click on change. Uncheck the box in the top. 

Choose any drive and set to 4097 on first and 8192 on second and click on apply and restart your pc. Done. This will help to improve the performance of your pc. 

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April 16th, 2021 09:00

Welcome to the Dell Community @Ghggh 

You missed the most important one.

Look here.

https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/INSPIRON-15-3567-programs-take-ages-to-initiate/m-p/7440154#M70660

Best regards,

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August 5th, 2021 01:00

same problem here

 

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