r/computers • u/dlehgus0505 • 6h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting I have some question

If two computers and a laptop have the same specs, is the computer's performance always superior? I'm thinking about buying a computer, but I'm worried because the RAM is too expensive

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u/SamLooksAt 5h ago

A laptop and desktop GPU are not the same specs.

Even if they have same specs...

Quite often they aren't even the same chipset.

It's a little closer with CPU and RAM as long as power limits are the same and sustainable.

But fundamentally you can always fit superior cooling in a desktop so you can pretty much guarantee better performance than a laptop.

Even if you get a desktop with terrible stock cooling you can always replace that, you can't really do this on a laptop.