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human
ELI5: how can laptops fit over 1tb of storage and 16gb of ram in a tiny chill while PCs need massive ram sticks and often large SSDs? Why isn’t PC ram as small?
gpt
The main reasons why PCs are larger are ease of access and cooling. Cooling is very important to improve performance and durability. If you make everything small and cram it into a small space, you can’t have good cooling so the system will have to slow down as it heats up. The bigger your RAM stick is, the faster it can dissipate heat. The more space you have between your parts, the more airflow and cooling you get.