Ok so Im creating this thread to kind of get feedback, and also inform others of what I have done to cut my memory usage in half! Please do keep in mind that I have an 8 core cpu, 16gb of ram. So clearly not everyone will be able to have a similar setup, but hopefully I can help some people out.
So first things first. What are we doing?
We will be creating a Virtual Machine.
A virtual machine is essentially a computer running inside of your current os.
The easiest and most intuitive way of making one is through a program called Virtual Box.
Download Link: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
The requirements for this, is at least a quad core cpu, and at least 8 gb of ram, to run things smoothly.
Other Requirements, access to a windows 7 .iso file.
There are plenty of youtube videos on how to set up virtual box, but if you need help, just post here, im sure I or someone else can assist you.
Now once, you go through the windows setup process, and have a fresh clean copy of windows loaded up on your virtual machine, you need to download only what you absolutely need.
I suggest using ninite (quick link: http://ninite.com/java-jdk/), it is a app installer that essentially installs programs from a list, automatically, while saying no to all junk, like tool bars etc.
Click on java, and jdk. Get installer, and let them download/install.
Now you should have the bare minimums to botting. This is close to if not the lowest memory usage for botting.
I havent fully tested it yet, but Im pretty certain you can get near if not double the amount of bots running on your current desktop.
NOTE: I have sought and found this method, simply because I was having some pretty bad memory and cpu usage issues, if you dont have a problem running the current amount of bots, then this is something you can try if you want, but not recommended.
Now, im not sure if anyone else has run their computer to a blue screen like I have, but this is beneficial if you do run into this problem, because if your virtual machine hits the wall, it will just crash the virtual machine, not your own physical one.
I believe the reason behind the significant decrease in memory, is not all the random programs running in the background on your physical machine.
There are probably things I forgot to mention, or added that make no sense, please let me know what to add/take away and I will edit this post till its right Thanks for reading!
Current Ram Usage With 5 Bots running: http://gyazo.com/ccdc59c4b3cd92dafeb8bc002caf06f0