How to Check Computer Specs in Windows 8: Step-by-Step Guide

Most people do not know their computer specs, such as the type of graphics card, available space of a hard drive, and the speed of your CPU. But, if you are looking to purchase a new PC, upgrade your Windows, or try to troubleshoot hardware issues, you need to know your computer specs.

In this article, we described how to check Computer Specs in Windows 8. To find out the different ways to check your Computer specifications, follow us till the end of this article.

How to Find Information about Processor, Memory, and Operating System?

To find out your system Information, you need to open the System window. To do so, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Charms bar.
2. Open Settings.
3. In the opened window, go to the PC info section.
4. Now, the System page will pop up.
5. On this page, you can find the computer specs such as processor type, system type (32 bit or 64 bit), the available RAM space, Windows edition, and your computer’s name on the network).

How to Find Information about Storage?

If you want to find out which type of storage you have or whether you have a solid-state drive or a hard drive, follow these mentioned steps:

1. Go to the Charms bar.
2. Click on Search.
3. Then, Type Optimize in the search box.
4. Choose the Defragment and optimize your drives option. This action will open up the Optimize Drives tool.
5. Now, you can see the numbers of your drives and the type of your drives there.

If you want to find out the available space on each drive, follow these steps:

1. Open the Charms bar.
2. Select Search.
3. Type This PC in the search box.
4. Choose the This PC option from the results.
5. Then Window Explorer will pop up.
6. Now, you can find the Free Space and Total Size of your drives under the Devices and drives section.

How to Find Information about Graphics Card?

If you want to find out which type of graphics card you have, or even if you have a graphics card, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Charms bar.
2. Open Settings.
3. In the opened window, go to the PC info section.
4. Now, the System page will pop up.
5. You can find the link to Device Manager at the top of the menu.

Device Manager shows a list of your devices including hard drives, batteries, and graphics cards.

To check out your graphics card, you need to go to the Display adapters. There, you can find your installed graphics cards. If you want to see more details about your graphics card, right-click on it. Then, choose Properties from the menu. In the opened window go to the Details tab.

The Bottom Line

In this article, we described 3 methods to check computer specs in Windows 8. Have you ever tried any of the above methods? Which method is practical for you? Do you know any other methods to check computer specs?