# How the HELL do I stop Firefox's frequent CPU spikes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-stop-firefoxs-frequent-cpu-spikes/663108 "2013-07-10T05:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-stop-firefoxs-frequent-cpu-spikes/663108/21 "2013-07-13T09:56:02Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > You might give [Pale Moon](http://www.palemoon.org/) a try. It’s based on Firefox and most of the plug-ins work with it. They also offer a portable version if you want to give it a try without installing it. I have no CPU spikes and my memory usage stays low unless I’m pre-loading a ton of videos from Blip. (I’ve tried Chrome a couple times, but always end up annoyed and go back to Pale Moon). Beaten to the punch. I was gonna recommend PaleMoon or WaterFox, both of which have solved various problems for various people I’ve previously recommended them to. NOTE: People with ancient PC’s need not apply - PaleMoon intentionally DOESN’T support ancient hardware/OS in order to optimize for modern hardware/OS (I think they’re phasing out WinXP support soon), and WaterFox is only for 64-bit CPU’s/OS’s. That’s part of the problem with FF - they try to support PC’s made during the Clinton administration! So if you’ve been forced over to Chrome, but are aggravated by the piss-poor add-on availability/capability, give one or both a try. If you’re used to FF, there’s ZERO learning curve, since both PM and WF are nearly identical and use Mozilla’s addons and everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-stop-firefoxs-frequent-cpu-spikes/663108.md?page=1)