My other half has a PC which I intend to upgrade as it is going very slowly and I want to play games on it. However I can't find the motherboard make or model, what sort of RAM it has or whether it can be upgraded? Please help as I am completely new to of this! As if you wouldn't have guessed?

Download the free EVEREST HOME EDITION and run it. It will tell you everything you want to know..... and then some.

Cheers, Will do later.

You can also go to PC magazine and download the Bel-Arc advisor ,it also will identify all of the installled hardware and software and also what security updates and Windows updates verify as installed correctly with a lnk to web site for info on the updates ! Its a nice piece of freeware with a very small foot print ! Good Luck Nick

Mileage may well vary, but once I began to use Everest, Belarc seemed pretty lame. I suppose for some Belarc may be good enough, but Everest's best feature is identifying hardware that doesn't have any Windows drivers installed - and as blackbill states, plenty more Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real.