No free RAM when playing Skyrim (and when not playing)

[rootsrat]

My system specs:

 

 

 

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1

 

CPU

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 41 °C

Thuban 45nm Technology

 

RAM

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 766MHz (9-9-9-24)

 

Motherboard

ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A79XTD EVO (AM3) 49 °C

 

Graphics

Acer X233H (1920x1080@60Hz)

AH191 (1440x900@60Hz)

2047MB GeForce GTX 660 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 46 °C

 

Hard Drives

60GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series ATA Device (SSD) 40 °C

1397GB Seagate ST31500341AS ATA Device (SATA) 49 °C

 

Optical Drives

SONY DVD RW AW-G170A ATA Device

 

Audio

Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)

 

More info about my RAM:

Memory slots

Total memory slots 4

Used memory slots 2

Free memory slots 2

 

Memory

Type DDR3

Size 8192 MBytes

Channels # Dual

DRAM Frequency 800.0 MHz

CAS# Latency (CL) 9 clocks

RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 9 clocks

RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9 clocks

Cycle Time (tRAS) 24 clocks

Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 41 clocks

Command Rate (CR) 2T

 

Physical Memory

Memory Usage 38 %

Total Physical 8.00 GB

Available Physical 4.93 GB

Total Virtual 8.00 GB

Available Virtual 4.39 GB

 

SPD

Number Of SPD Modules 2

 

Slot #1

Type DDR3

Size 4096 MBytes

Manufacturer Corsair

Max Bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)

Part Number CML8GX3M2A1600C9

SPD Ext. EPP

XMP--2

Frequency

JEDEC #4

Frequency 666.7 MHz

CAS# Latency 9.0

RAS# To CAS# 9

RAS# Precharge 9

tRAS 24

tRC 34

Voltage 1.500 V

JEDEC #3

Frequency 592.6 MHz

CAS# Latency 8.0

RAS# To CAS# 8

RAS# Precharge 8

tRAS 22

tRC 30

Voltage 1.500 V

JEDEC #2

Frequency 518.5 MHz

CAS# Latency 7.0

RAS# To CAS# 7

RAS# Precharge 7

tRAS 19

tRC 27

Voltage 1.500 V

JEDEC #1

Frequency 444.4 MHz

CAS# Latency 6.0

RAS# To CAS# 6

RAS# Precharge 6

tRAS 16

tRC 23

Voltage 1.500 V

 

Slot #2

Type DDR3

Size 4096 MBytes

Manufacturer Corsair

Max Bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)

Part Number CML8GX3M2A1600C9

SPD Ext. EPP

XMP--2

Frequency

JEDEC #4

Frequency 666.7 MHz

CAS# Latency 9.0

RAS# To CAS# 9

RAS# Precharge 9

tRAS 24

tRC 34

Voltage 1.500 V

JEDEC #3

Frequency 592.6 MHz

CAS# Latency 8.0

RAS# To CAS# 8

RAS# Precharge 8

tRAS 22

tRC 30

Voltage 1.500 V

JEDEC #2

Frequency 518.5 MHz

CAS# Latency 7.0

RAS# To CAS# 7

RAS# Precharge 7

tRAS 19

tRC 27

Voltage 1.500 V

JEDEC #1

Frequency 444.4 MHz

CAS# Latency 6.0

RAS# To CAS# 6

RAS# Precharge 6

tRAS 16

tRC 23

Voltage 1.500 V

 

 

Now, my problem is that recently I started getting this error message when playing Skyrim, that my computer ran out of memory and I should save my data and close the program (Skyrim). It never happend to me before. I checked my memory usage and I'm getting 0 available RAM.

 

When I start my operating system, Cached memory gets filled right away and I have around 300 MB of free RAM! I don't know much about this stuff, so if anyone can suggest any troubleshooting or can offer any advice I'll be most grateful.

 

Here's the screen taken about 15 mins after I logged in to Windows. No programs were run apart from Chrome to open the forums, FastStone Capture to make the screenshot and Speccy to get the specs. I have Skype, Steam, uTorrent, Dropbox and Copy running in the background in addition to a few standard Windows system tasks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIA

[Kuldebar]

Aiyen, you may have a faster standard HDD then I do, and faster data transfer/CPU etc. overall.

 

Intel i3570k, Radeon HD6850 1 GB VRAM, 8 GB System RAM, Windows 7/64 bit, SanDisk 120 GB SSD, 1 TB Standard HDD

 

I don't have the specs handy on my 1TB drive, but at the time I bought it, I was after space and affordability not speed. My SSD is only 120 GB so I was reluctant to put a page file on it but that resolved my dilemma with slow load times...none of which were infinite loading screens...just annoyingly long cell transitions.

[rootsrat]

Thansk Kulde, it's good info! Well, I have purchased Windows 8.1, so I'll be making a fresh install tomorrow or at some point this week and see what happens. I also plan to purchase an SSD for my Skyrim installation (I currently have Windows 7 installed on an SSD, but it's only 64GB and I'm always running low on space there, sadly. I am unable to point page file to that SSD, as I get a message saying there is not enough space. There is less than 5 GB left. 

[Aiyen]

7200RPM olde skool Western Digi 500Gb SATA drive... It would be a sad day when that is faster then anything semi modern! :) 

 

Anyways... other then that. 

 

Intel i7-3770K, Asus saberthooth z77 Mb, 16Gb of RAM (forgot the specs.. but good ones).. windows 7  and Nvidia gtx 660 2Gb 

[Kuldebar]

7200RPM olde skool Western Digi 500Gb SATA drive... It would be a sad day when that is faster then anything semi modern! :) 

 

Anyways... other then that. 

 

Intel i7-3770K, Asus saberthooth z77 Mb, 16Gb of RAM (forgot the specs.. but good ones).. windows 7  and Nvidia gtx 660 2Gb 

I'll chalk it up to you having faster overall transfer rates from your CPU/GPU and more RAM, probably much faster as well. :) Yes, at the end of the day, mechanical drives haven't seen any huge performance gain in an eternity by relative computing standards.

[phazer11]

Just to be sure you understood me roots (not that it's looking like you'll need to if you're doing a complete wipe that is) I was suggesting running it (Malwarebytes) from Safe Mode preferabbly from a clean USB thumbdrive (portable install) if as you say you have Malwarebytes installed already then I would try using AdAware (I think you can still run it in Safe Mode) or Spybot SAD if that doesn't work.

 

I haven't had any problems like needing to worry about a program I need running from my clean thumbdrive, I do something similar to this.

Link

Only it has Cyberfox Portable and several other goodies not mentioned in said link such as a brute force password cracker... of course I also usually keep a Live DVD/CD with a copy of one or two Linux distros around with me in my laptop case and one of said Distros may or may not be Backtrack.

[rootsrat]

Just to be sure you understood me roots (not that it's looking like you'll need to if you're doing a complete wipe that is) I was suggesting running it (Malwarebytes) from Safe Mode preferabbly from a clean USB thumbdrive (portable install) if as you say you have Malwarebytes installed already then I would try using AdAware (I think you can still run it in Safe Mode) or Spybot SAD if that doesn't work.

 

I haven't had any problems like needing to worry about a program I need running from my clean thumbdrive, I do something similar to this.

Link

Only it has Cyberfox Portable and several other goodies not mentioned in said link such as a brute force password cracker... of course I also usually keep a Live DVD/CD with a copy of one or two Linux distros around with me in my laptop case and one of said Distros may or may not be Backtrack.

Some good tips in that link, phazer, thanks! 

 

Yeah, I am actually going to do a clean installation, including full format of my system drive, so I think that there's no need to do a scan. Hopefully the reinstall will resolve my issues, I'm eager to start using Windows 8.1!

 

If the issue persists, I'll just burn my PC...