How to Check Computer Specs in Windows 10: A Step-by-Step Guide
Sometimes you may need to know some particular details about your PC, whether you made a custom computer based on Windows, adjusting your PC’s components the maximum performance, or just purchased a laptop that is available as a stock item.
Windows has different tools to find the Computer specs such as details about your video card, memory, processor, etc. Unluckily, this information is distributed in different places on Windows.
In this article, we suggested different methods about how to check computer specs in Windows 10. To find out, follow us till the end of this article.
How to Find Basic System Information Via Control Panel?
If you want to find information such as the capacity of the installed memory, your processor, and the version of your Windows, follow the steps below:
1.Click on the Start button. (The Icon is like a window.) You can also open the Control Panel window by holding the Windows + Pause / Break hotkey.
2.Type Control in the search bar.
3.Choose the Control Panel from the menu.
4.Go to the System and Security section.
5.Choose the System option.
How to Find Basic System Information Via Settings?
You can find similar information but with more details in Settings. To do so, follow these steps:
- Open Settings through the Start menu.
- Go to the System section.
- Choose About from the left side menu.
How to Find Detailed Specs Via System Information?
You can find more information about your PC / laptop through the System Information of Windows. To do so, follow these steps mentioned below:
- Click on the Start button, which icon is like a window.
- Type System Information in the Windows search box.
- Then, choose System Information from the menu.
- In this window, you can find the details that you need the most. To get extra information, you can expand each section from the left pane.
- If you want to see the details of your video card, work as below:
- First, choose Components.
- Then, click on Display.
How to Find the Details of Sound and Video in Direct Diagnostic Tool?
Windows has a tool called DirectX Diagnostic tool (DXDiag) that supply detailed information about your system about installed sound devices and video card. To get that information, follow the steps below:
- Click on the Start button, which icon is like a window.
- Type DXDiag in the Windows search box.
- Choose the DXDiag from the results.
- In the opened window, go to the Display tab to see the details of your video card specs.
- Go to the Sound tab to see the details of your sound card.
The System tab has the same details which are available in other locations.
How to Find the Details of Sound and Video in Direct Diagnostic Tool?
To find out your computer specs through Properties, work as below:
1.Open File Manager by holding the Windows + E hotkey.
2.From the left side menu, Right-click on This PC.
3.Choose Properties from the menu.
4.A window will pop up which contains your device specs.
5.On this page, you can find information such as device and product ID, the RAM capacity, the CPU data, and the information and system type of your OS version.
6.If you want to have a copy of this information in a document file, just hit the Copy button and paste it on a troubleshooting page or in your document file.
How to Find Computer Specs Via PowerShell?
To find out, follow these steps mentioned below:
1.Right-click on the Start button.
2.Choose the Windows Terminal (Admin) option from the menu.
3.Copy and paste this command: Get-ComputerInfo
4.Hit Enter.
5.Then, it takes some time to load all the information about your PC. Here, you will be able to see your PC specs, including your BIOS version.
This method, using PowerShell, give you more information than the other mentioned methods.
Last Words
You may need your PC specs in different situations like purchasing a new PC, installing a program on your PC, and so on. In this article, we talked about different methods to find your PC specs. Hopefully, it gives you all the information that you need to check different details of your PC / laptop. Have you ever tried any of the suggested methods? Which one do you prefer? Do you know other methods to check PC specs?
