Easy Guide to Find Your Laptop's Specifications

Why Should You Check Your Laptop's Specs?

Understanding your laptop's specifications is key to optimizing its performance and ensuring that you can run the software and games you love without a hitch. You may be also planning to sell it and listing out the details will allow the buyer to know what value to offer.

It's like knowing what's under the hood of your car – the better you know it, the better you can use it.

Demystifying Laptop's Specifications

Below are the common components use in your laptop:

• Processor (CPU): Your CPU is the heart of your computer. It's what processes instructions and carries out tasks.

• Memory (RAM): RAM is your computer's short-term memory, which it uses to handle active tasks and operations.

• Storage (Hard Drive/SSD): This is where all your files and programs are stored. SSDs are faster than traditional hard drives.

• Graphics (GPU): If you love games or work with video, the GPU is crucial for rendering images and video smoothly.

• Operating System (OS): This is the software that manages all the hardware and software on your computer. For most, this will be a version of Windows.

• Screen Size: Laptop screen size are measure in inches and from one corner to the other (diagonally). It comes in variety of sizes from 10 inch - 17 inch. 

How to Check Your PC's Specs in Windows

Using Windows Settings:
 

Using System Information:

Additionally, your PC's specs are accessible through the System Information tool. Simply head there and select 'System Summary' to get a rundown of your computer's specifications, along with the version of Windows installed.
 

2. View System Summary: By default, you should land on 'System Summary', which gives you a detailed list of your specs.

3. Explore Categories: For more detailed information on components like sound devices or storage, click on the categories in the left pane.

Using PowerShell or Command Prompt:

PowerShell and Command Prompt offer more sophisticated methods for interacting with Windows systems. Command Prompt provided the original method for Windows navigation, preceding the user-friendly graphical interface we commonly use today. PowerShell represents an evolution of this tool, offering greater capabilities and a more complex set of functions.
 

Discovering PC Specs with DxDiag

The DxDiag tool, short for DirectX Diagnostic Tool, examines your computer's audio and video capabilities. It reveals in-depth details about your media settings to ensure they mesh well with the software you aim to run. While DxDiag won't directly fix non-functional audio, it does provide insights an expert might need to solve such issues.
 

To open DxDiag, just type "dxdiag" into the search bar and select it. Inside, you'll find tabs that let you explore different aspects of your computer's audio and video specifications.

Checking Individual Components

CPU Details:

1. Via Taskbar: Type "cpu" in the taskbar and select 'View processor info' to get information about your CPU's make and capabilities.

GPU Details:

1. Open Device Manager: Type "device manager" in the search bar and open it.

RAM Details:

Storage Details: