Essentially, RAM comes in small sizes (8, 16, 32 GB) but storage is in TB? Why is
this? Would more RAM be better?
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RAM is basically your computers short term memory and the storage is its long term memory.
RAM is much faster than even the fastest storage, but if you turn your computer off the contents of the RAM are gone.
For a computer to actively work with some data it first has to copy it into RAM.
Working with data in RAM is fast. Needing to read data from storage takes ages by comparison. This is why you want all the programs and data you might need in the RAM ready to go.
Sometimes the RAM is to small and the computer has switch out parts of the contents of the RAM to the storage to make room. This switching back and forth is one of the primary reasons for a computer being slow.
Having more RAM fixes much of the issues with computers being slowed down by constantly having to wait for a slow drive.
Sometimes computer can end up with RAM in sizes similar to the size of their hard drives and other connected storage, but this can get expensive really fast.
*Fun Fact:*
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations can handle up to 6TB of RAM.
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