About Computer Advisor

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Computer Advisor helps you decide, in plain English, whether to fix, upgrade or replace a Windows computer — and tells you when the honest answer is “keep it, buy nothing”.

Who's behind it

Computer Advisor (mycomputeradvisor.com) and its Windows scanner are owned and operated by Dizkaver LLC, a California-registered limited liability company. It's an independent project led by Wedi Keren, based in Redlands, California. It started from a simple frustration: most advice about slow computers either assumes you're an expert or is trying to sell you something.

How the recommendations are made

  1. Facts first. Our free Windows scanner reads your hardware — processor, memory, graphics, drives, free space, battery — or you answer a few questions instead.
  2. Fixed, published rules. The core advice comes from written rules, for example: “Windows needs at least 15% (or 30 GB) free on its drive”, or “a computer that runs Windows from a spinning hard drive gets the biggest boost from an SSD”. The same computer always gets the same core advice.
  3. Your use matters. Three quick questions — what you want, how you use it and your budget — change the order and what counts as “enough”.
  4. Free fixes before purchases. Cleaning up space, updates and settings come before any part you'd buy.
  5. Optional AI explanation. When switched on, an AI model (Grok by xAI) can explain the results in friendlier words. It works from the same scan and rules, and its answer is checked before it's shown; if anything looks off, the rule-based advice is used.

Independent from retailers

No store, manufacturer or brand pays to be recommended, and none of them sees our rules before they're published. When we suggest a part, we pick one model we'd buy ourselves and show four stores side by side with equal space — Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy and Micro Center. We never show a made-up price: either the store's own data provides a live price, or we say “Check price”.

Some product links may be affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if you buy. That pays for the site; it doesn't change which product we pick or how stores are ordered. Details are in our affiliate disclosure.

What we're not

We're not a repair shop, and advice from a website isn't a guarantee. If something involves opening a laptop, a swollen battery, or data you can't afford to lose, a qualified technician is the safe choice.