# Brave 1.18.75 and RAM issue

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/brave-1-18-75-and-ram-issue/188918>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-1-18-75-and-ram-issue/188918 "2020-12-19T17:22:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![dallaz100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@dallaz100](https://community.brave.app/u/dallaz100)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-1-18-75-and-ram-issue/188918/6 "2020-12-19T17:47:16Z")

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> [@Brave running slow, crashing](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-running-slow-crashing/187585/8):
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> Also my experience, I started a separate thread recently about this happening after the latest update.

> [@Brave with 12 Processes and 500Mb](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-with-12-processes-and-500mb/187623/3):
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> More or less, yes, it’s normal @Waelkabli. Like other browsers, Brave use multiprocesses to avoid hard crash. Mean 1 process for main process, other for each extensions, for each tabs/website, etc.

> [@High CPU spikes with few tabs and no extensions after update](https://community.brave.app/t/high-cpu-spikes-with-few-tabs-and-no-extensions-after-update/187690):
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> Description of the issue: CPU usage spikes randomly until Brave starts freezing and Windows becomes unstable. Only began occurring after most recent update to Brave and occurs in the current Beta version as well. How can this issue be reproduced? Open browser and open a few tabs. After about 7 CPU usage spikes. Expected result: Prior to update of 1.18.70 twenty or thirty tabs with extensions caused no problems. Brave Version( check About Brave): [Version 1.18.70 Chromium: 87.0.4280.101 (O…](https://brave.com/latest/)

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