How to Increase CPU and RAM in BlueStacks 5, 4 & 3

BlueStacks allows you to play Android games on your PC. It uses system resources to run Android apps smoothly. BlueStacks assigns the CPU and RAM depending on the available system resources. Sometimes, assigned resources are not enough to run it smoothly. So, you can increase the CPU cores and RAM manually to solve the hanging problem in BlueStacks 5, 4 & 3.

Heavy Android apps require more RAM to run. And can easily hang BlueStacks if it has less RAM assigned to it. You can check the currently assigned RAM size of BlueStacks in Settings. So, in this tutorial, we are going to show you how to increase CPU and RAM in BlueStacks 5, 4 & 3 to make it faster. However, there are several other factors affecting BlueStacks’ performance, you can check them here.

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A) Increase RAM and CPU in BlueStacks 5

Unlike the previous versions, it is quite easy to change RAM in the current version of BlueStacks. You don’t need to play with Windows Registry anymore. Just head over to BlueStacks settings and assign the desired amount of RAM and CPU. However, the process is slightly different for BlueStacks 5, BlueStacks 4, and BlueStacks 3. Let’s check for BlueStacks 5 first.

Step 1: Open BlueStacks 5 Settings

First of all, click on the hamburger icon at the top bar of BlueStacks 5 and select Settings.

Step 2: Increase CPU in BlueStacks 5

Now, you will be on the BlueStacks 5 settings page and the Performance tab. Here, click on the drop-down menu under CPU allocation and select the desired value. You can also select Custom to assign CPU in BlueStacks 5 manually.

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Step 3: Increase RAM in BlueStacks 5 to Make it Faster

Just like the CPU, you can also increase RAM in BlueStacks 5. Click on the dropdown under Memory allocation and select the desired value. You can also select the Custom (MB) option to manually allocate RAM in BlueStacks 5.

Step 4: Save Settings and Restart BlueStacks

After increasing the RAM and CPU in BlueStacks 5, it’s time to save the settings. So, click on the Save Changes button at the bottom.

Now you will see a pop-up asking for confirmation. Click on the Restart Now button to save the changes and restart BlueStacks 5.

Now, you have successfully allocated more RAM and CPU to BlueStacks 5 manually. Now let’s move to BlueStacks 4.

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A) Increase CPU and RAM in BlueStacks 4

There are slight differences in BlueStacks 5 & BlueStacks 4’s GUI and Settings screens. So, here are the steps for BlueStacks 4.

Step 1: Open BlueStacks 4 Settings

After you have successfully started BlueStacks 4, click on the hamburger menu on the top bar and select Settings.

In Settings, select the Engine tab from the left and scroll to the Performance section. Here you can see the system resources assigned to BlueStacks.

Step 2: Change CPU and RAM in BlueStacks 4

Next, select the CUSTOM option from the CPU and RAM drop-downs. After that, you can manually increase or decrease CPU and RAM in BlueStacks 4.

Step 3: Save Settings and Restart BlueStacks 4

After making the required changes, click on the SAVE button at the bottom right corner. Please note that the changes you made will only be effective after you restart BlueStacks.

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B) Increase RAM and CPU in BlueStacks 3

After you have checked the steps for BlueStacks 5 & 4, let’s check how to increase RAM and CPU in BlueStacks 3. The process is quite similar but there are slight changes.

Step 1: Open BlueStacks 3 Settings

First of all, open BlueStacks on your PC. After BlueStacks has loaded fully, click on the gear icon at the top right corner and select Settings to open BlueStacks settings.

Step 2: Increase RAM in BlueStacks 3

Now select the Engine tab from the left. Here, you will see the resources are assigned to BlueStacks currently. On the Engine tab, you can change the RAM assigned to BlueStacks. Move the slider to the right to increase RAM in BlueStacks. You can also move the slider to the left side to reduce the size of RAM assigned to BlueStacks.

Step 3: Increase CPU Cores in BlueStacks 3 to Make it Faster

Besides RAM, you can also increase CPU cores in BlueStacks to give its performance a boost. Select the number of cores you want to assign to it from the CPU cores drop-down.

Step 4: Restart BlueStacks 3

After you increase the CPU cores and RAM in BlueStacks, it’s time to restart BlueStacks to make the changes effective. You will see a Restart button at the bottom right corner, click on it.

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Change RAM and CPU cores to Speed Up BlueStacks 5, 4 & 3

You are advised not to assign more than 50% of your Computer’s RAM if you have 4GB or less RAM as it may lead your computer to an unstable and hanging state. For instance, if you have a total of 8 GB RAM in your PC, you can easily assign 4GB RAM to BlueStacks and it is more than enough. The same is the case for CPU cores. Do not assign all of your CPU cores to BlueStacks, 50% is good.

Hope you liked the above tutorial on how to increase RAM and CPU in BlueStacks 5, 4 & 3. Besides CPU and RAM, several other factors may slow down BlueStacks. Check this tutorial to make your BlueStacks faster without hanging your PC. Feel free to comment if you face any trouble. You can also subscribe to get the latest posts via email.