Memory Used at 4.22GB with just Safari open... Help!

Hi there,
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro Retina, 16GB RAM. I have been having difficulties recently determining why I keep running out of memory - then I checked my Activity Monitor and it appears 4 or so gigabytes of my memory is being used with only Safari open! Is there anything I can do to find the source of this and stop it?
Here's my EtreCheck results:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 5 August 2014 11:27:49 BST
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Color LCD 2880 x 1800
SyncMaster 1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz
System Software:
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:44:54
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SD256E disk0 : (251 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 250.14 GB (103.98 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
SAMSUNG MZ7TE256HMHP-00000 disk1 : (256.06 GB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
LaCie 256GB SSD (disk1s2) /Volumes/LaCie 256GB SSD: 255.72 GB (155.95 GB free)
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Optical Mouse
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
iLok iLok
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
LaCie Rugged mini
Configuration files:
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.3) Support
[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) Support
Startup Items:
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.avid.sari.plist Support
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist Support
[loaded] PACESupport.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[loaded] 9ZTHPRB4MV.com.soundradix.TTLWrapperAgent.plist Support
[loaded] 9ZTHPRB4MV.com.soundradix.TTLWrapperAgent.SL.plist Support
[loaded] 9ZTHPRB4MV.com.soundradix.TTLWrapperSandbox.plist Support
[loaded] 9ZTHPRB4MV.com.soundradix.TTLWrapperSandbox.SL.plist Support
[running] com.eastwest.server.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
AdBlock: Version: 2.7.10
Reddit Enhancement Suite: Version: 4.5.0.2
Searchme: Version: 1.3
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
      4% WindowServer
      1% fontd
      0% Activity Monitor
      0% sysmond
      0% CoreServicesUIAgent
Top Processes by Memory:
279 MB Safari
213 MB WindowServer
180 MB Dock
144 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
131 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:
12.67 GB Free RAM
1.86 GB Active RAM
375 MB Inactive RAM
1.09 GB Wired RAM
371 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Any help/advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!

As OGELTHORPE stated you do not have a RAM issue. If you are experiencing problems I would look in to whatever app has installed all those kernel extensions. Those kernel extensions are made for older OS X systems and probably aren't compatible with Mavericks.
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.3) Support
[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4)

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