My Pc's Details

[mikey4444]

How can I find out details about my PC ?

That is, what RAM it has, the size of the hard disc storage, and the type and speed of the processor.

I run Windows 10.

[murraymints]

control panel then systems and security

[murraymints]

or just systems I thin

[waterboatman]

Correct.

[mikey4444]

Thanks guys....and so very quick !

[Togo]

Go as Minty says into "System". Left click little window icon bottom left. Click on "cog wheel" icon. Click on "System". Scroll down (if you have to) to bottom of list and choose "About". This should show your specs. and even your product I.D. with Microsoft.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Togo. My Lenovo PC is 2 years old, and I am very pleased with it. It only cost about £300 from PC World.

But I couldn't remember how much RAM it has.....8GB seems more than I need.

[Togo]

8GB of R.A.M. is OK to have Mikey but not crucial. Think of it as your lappies "short term memory". Every time you switch off the pc it loses, if you like, the info that your hard drive and operating system has placed there to enable quick and accurate performance and access to sites or files. More important are your hard drive and processor specifications. A fast processor(which is not something you are going to change easily in a laptop) is vital, and hard drives are now easily upgraded, to say a Solid State Hybrid, and can make the world of difference to performance whilst being much kinder to the power supply and fan load in a laptop.

[Togo]

Another easily upgraded component is the Graphics card(or board). But again you are restricted by the processor in there as to what specification Graphics card is operable with the processor. The processor is part of the Mother(or Main) board and is the basis for performance in any pc or lap top. This you realise is just a resume done in quite non tech lingo so as not cause eye rolling and yawning. :))

[mikey4444]

Togo.....I have never used a PC for gaming, being nearly 65 years old !

So any mega-fast processor would be entirely wasted.

At present, this super little Lenovo has a AMD -A8-7410 APU, with AMD Radeon R5 graphics.....2.2 GHz.

I have little idea what all that means, but with a download speed of over 50 Mpps, its flys !

[Togo]

Mikey I agree. The system is entirely suited to general usage and will give good service. You have to accept though that it is not really designed to run for ever and is not really suited to upgrading. No laptop is designed to run for 8 hours a day[ or more in your case :))] especially in the summer months when the fan may not cope especially again as it gets older. I note that you have done the right thing and resisted the urge to load it up with third party security systems which will definitely slow it down and cause conflict with the perfectly adequate Defender that is embedded into w10. I would advice that you keep the fan air vents free from blocking and there are cool pads available to sit it on that help keep temperatures down in the warmer months.

[Togo]

Just to give you an example Mikey. That level of graphics card is available on the market for about £35.......serious gamers will happily pay £450 for a graphics card and the same sort of levels again for hard drive and mother boards. Mind you they finish up with superfast responses, when their keyboards and mouse are likewise upgraded. The gamers nightmare is lag.......even 10ths of a second are important for the top players. Ask Geezer, he is on a constant quest for more speed.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Togo....most informative "

On average, my PC's last about 8-10 years, and if I have to pay so little to renew them, as I did with this one...well...no harm done.

I notice I never hear the fan going at all.

[Ken4155]

Togo, in your post @ 09;34 you indicate that there is no need for 3rd party security. I have windows 10 on my Acer laptop and currently use AVG. In fact, i've just had an email from them this morning informing me that my coverage expires on the 23rd of next month and that they will automatically take the £34.99 for another 12 months of protection. Are you saying that i don't need to do this - bearing in mind, of course, that i do have on line gambling accounts?

[mikey4444]

I use Norton myself.....and its never let me down.

[Togo]

Ken so do I. The bookie sites are probably some of the most secure sites out there, as you probably already know if you have ever got a password wrong. In the past I have used Norton, AVG, McAfee and others. All I found is that they caused conflict with, Defender, and slowed down the lappie in particular. Once I uninstalled them the pop up dire warnings, emails, and co-ordinated upgrades and scans that seemed to want to run every time Microsoft were doing upgrades stopped and it went back to being fast and uncluttered again. There is of course no substitute for common sense and bad websites will give you grief whatever you are using. Good strong passwords that have Capitol letters and numbers in them or even punctuation marks are the place to start. I cannot, hand on heart, say that you ought not have third party systems, I can however say that I would not go back to them on my desktop, lap top, or Surface Pro. I do run my Defender scans, and check daily for upgrades and always run them.

[Togo]

Just a bit of secondary info really. Neither of you say whether, whilst running the add on security systems, you have turned off Defender or are running both at the same time. Some virus scanners may choose, as part of their installation program, to disable Windows Defender anyway. So you may think that Defender is on when it isn't. If you are running both how do you know which one is actually "protecting" you? All I know is that I am not plagued with offers to take up the latest and greatest innovation or the ads that come with the pop ups that offer drivers and apps that will cause havoc. From memory, I seem to remember that it was Avast that caused the most conflict with Defender back in my w8 days. Nightmare.

[Ken4155]

Definitely food for thought, Togo. I have until the 23rd Feb to make up my mind - or get a winning lucky 15 up so the £34.99 is just a drop in the Leeds and Liverpool canal (Ha, that'll be the day!)