Why do pc manufacturers purposely complicate the process of adding

most people just trash them after three years.

>>61371721
If you're replacing components, it's assumed you have the competency to open the case.

>>61371721
That design only works for laptops and sff systems. Other wise they would have to redesign the case.

>>61371721
Because the more difficult they make it, the greater the probability something gets broken when you to try to upgrade/install a component, and that means more money for them when you have to fix/replace it.

Why give a self-service alternative for free when they can charge for maintenance ir upgrade?

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>>61371721
>exterior
the farther ram is from the cpu it gets exponently slower. The rough limit 20 years ago was 20cm maximum distance from the cpu.

>>61371721
>Why not just add convenient ram slots on the exterior?
The physical interface required for that wouldn't be fast enough.

>>61371721
>Why not just add convenient ram slots on the exterior?

RAM has to be placed in such a way that all lanes to the memory controller (and thus the CPU in modern chip-sets) are the same length.
You'll also want to keep them as short as possible.

You can't just slap them onto an exterior board.

At the very most they could put them on the opposite side of the motherboard, and then have a cut-out in the case to access them.
Like they sometimes do with M.2 slots.

>>61371721
Why go through the process of designing a complicated riser and new cabling and driving up system costs in the process all just to further simplify an already pretty simple task that on most systems today just requires undoing a few thumbscrews and pressing some levers?

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>>61371721

If it's too fiddly for you just buy RAM with big comfy handles.

>>61371721
>Why do pc manufacturers purposely complicate the process of adding new components?
Why do pc manufacturers deliberately complicate the process of adding new components?

>>61371721
Why do I have the same case, power supply, mobo, and likely cpu as that dude