IntelliJ IDEA 13 CE consuming lots of CPU

Question

I upgraded from IntelliJ IDEA from 12 CE to 13 CE few days ago and it has been hogging up CPU. Every few minutes it\'ll peak to 450-500% and then come down to 100-200%. Also, I\

Answer 1

Go to your home folder, then navigate to .IntelliJIdea13\config\options

Edit the file project.default.xml by changing the VM_PARAMETERS Xmx and Xms as follows:

It decreased the CPU usage to 50%.