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+title: "How to set the right amount of paging memory on Windows."
+tags: "Windows", "Guides"
+description: "Made for modern Windows OSes."
+layout: post
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+---
+Hello! :wave:
+
+Paging memory is kinda like Linux' swap memory.
+It's used for storing memory of large applications too big for your RAM to handle, for our case, games.
+
+Your games wont and can't run on 8 or 16 GBs or ram, probably not even 32 if it's a new AAA game. That's why there's paged memory, and too little of it can cause memory leaks and BSODs.
+
+Windows automatically comes up with the required amount of paging memory, but sometimes it's not enough.
+
+# How to change it
+Right Click on Windows/Start Menu > System.
+W11: Click on ``Advanced system settings``
+W10: Scroll down until you see  ``Advanced system settings`` and click on it.
+
+Click on ``Perfromance`` tab, then under ``Virtual Memory`` click on Change.
+Disable ``Automatically manage paging file size for all drives``.
+
+Select ``Custom size`` if not selected already.
+
+## Determining your right amount for the paging pool.
+
+Initial size: 1.5 x your RAM size (e.g. 16 gb)
+Maximum size: 3 x Initial Size
+
+Example: 
+> "So let's say you have 4 GB (1 GB = 1,024 MB x 4 = 4,096 MB) of memory. The initial size would be 1.5 x 4,096 = 6,144 MB and the maximum size would be 3 x 6,144 = 18,432 MB." 
+- [Source: GeeksInPhoenix](https://www.geeksinphoenix.com/blog/post/2016/05/10/how-to-manage-windows-10-virtual-memory)
+
+Then click ``Set`` then click ``Apply`` and ``OK`` on every box, then reboot.
+
+# Congratulations! :tada: 
+This is the end of the guide. Your PC/Laptop should now be memory-leak free!