Find out what hardware is build in your computer

When you buy a new notebook, you usually know what hardware is inside because of the printed specifications on the box. If you really want to know what hardware is build in your computer, you either need to open the case to take a direct look on the computer components, or you run a software utility that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.

Use CPU-Z and GPU-Z

CPU-Z is a lightweight program that detects your main device and returns information about them. It can gather information from the CPU (processor, core voltage, cache levels, etc.), mainboard (vendor, model, BIOS, chipset, etc.), memory (model specifications, etc.) and the system (Windows and DirectX version) itself.
CPU-Z comes as an .exe file and doesn’t need to be installed, just run the program.

GPU-Z is a similar tool, but for gathering all information about your video card and GPU. It supports NVIDIA and ATI cards, displays adapter, GPU and display information and also doesn’t require an installation.

Know what’s inside

Finding out what hardware your computer is running is not only interesting, it is quite handy sometimes. To begin with, you know your hardware in case something gets broken and needs to be replaced. If you need to give information to tech support, you have the information ready with two mouse clicks. It also comes in handy if you want to sell you computer on eBay.