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It's usually somewhere on the motherboard itself. If the system is functional, you can also download software that can analyze your hardware, and tell you what the components are.

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Download speccy: https://www.piriform.com/speccy

 

Once installed open it and navigate to the motherboard section and that should give you an idea. You can try googling what shows as the motherboard model to look up the specs.

 

Also the 'Southbridge' model field will tell you your chipset

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Sometimes its pinted between the PCIe slots.

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