
Jacob Fox
Jacob got his hands on a gaming PC for the first time when he was about 12 years old. He swiftly realised the local PC repair store had ripped him off with his build and vowed never to let another soul build his rig again. With this vow, Jacob the hardware junkie was born. Since then, Jacob's led a double-life as part-hardware geek, part-philosophy nerd, first working as a Hardware Writer for PCGamesN in 2020, then working towards a PhD in Philosophy for a few years while freelancing on the side for sites such as TechRadar, Pocket-lint, and yours truly, PC Gamer. Eventually, he gave up the ruthless mercenary life to join the world's #1 PC Gaming site full-time. It's definitely not an ego thing, he assures us.
Latest articles by Jacob Fox

This new gaming mouse looks to combine tech similar to Logitech's analogue clicks and Razer's frame sync but I'm a little sceptical
By Jacob Fox Published
News The clicks look similar to Keychron's recently announced solution, too.

Riot taunts would-be hackers using physical hardware to cheat: 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight'
By Jacob Fox Published
News Vanguard gets a DMA-spanking upgrade.

Replacing the Viper V4 Pro's skates gave one reviewer some Razer warranty trouble after glass pad sensor issues
By Jacob Fox Published
News The issue is resolved now, but it raises questions over warranty wording.

You can crank wild performance out of a MacBook Neo if only you use a giant industrial air blower and Peltier thermoelectric cooling
By Jacob Fox Published
News A simple sandwich.

Another quarter, another quarterly update from Nvidia that doesn't mention gaming
By Jacob Fox Published
News Womp womp, but I suppose what do we expect?

Nvidia says 'demand for AI infrastructure continues to expand at an unprecedented pace' but after speaking to experts about it, I'm not so sure
By Jacob Fox Published
News The future of the AI industry isn't as certain as Nvidia seems to make out.

Web infrastructure company Cloudflare says Claude Mythos reasoning 'looks like the work of a senior researcher'
By Jacob Fox Published
News Cloudflare has been figuring out how to best use the model.

Herman Miller introduces its first ever gaming desk and, needless to say, it is gorgeous but lavishly expensive
By Jacob Fox Published
News Just a dash of colour ties it together.

Valorant gets Anti-Lag 2 but after testing it I don't think users with high-end AMD rigs should crack open the champagne
By Jacob Fox Published
News Lower-end rigs might have more to gain.

Zowie EC2-DW review
By Jacob Fox Published
Score: 82% The mouse of my dreams, but my dreams are all Counter-Strike, baby.

LG reveals the world's first native 1,000 Hz 1080p panel but you're gonna need a beast of a rig to make good use of it
By Jacob Fox Published
News It'll be a niche market for this one.

Best wireless gaming headsets in 2026: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.

Best gaming mouse in 2026: We've tested the very best mice and these are the top picks
By Dave James Last updated
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

Best mouse pads for gaming in 2026: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Slick The best mouse pads offer slick mouse movement and awesome aesthetics, no matter what surface you prefer.

Here's how the Iran war is hitting key supplies for components, according to supply chain experts
By Jacob Fox Published
Supply choke The ripples span wider than you might think.

AMD reportedly planning a new budget graphics card with a surprising number of cores
By Jacob Fox Published
News Though much lower clocks.

Keychron calls this 'the next gen mouse switch' and I believe it: optical and magnetic all-in-one
By Jacob Fox Published
News Rapid trigger or traditional optical clicks: Keychron says why not both?

No, Richard Dawkins, AI is bloody well not conscious
By Jacob Fox Published
Biology vs silicon And if you think otherwise, you'd better at least attempt to don your philosophy cap.

Zowie XL2586X+ 600 Hz review
By Jacob Fox Published
Score: 77% Ridiculously fast and prohibitively expensive.

I spent a full week testing different VPNs and I'm changing my no-VPNs-while-gaming advice
By Jacob Fox Published
Ping or privacy VPN gaming isn't the pointless endeavour I assumed it was.

Best PC controllers in 2026: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James Last updated
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

Everyone's favorite egg-shaped rodent might be getting the Superlight treatment, meaning Logitech could once again snatch the budget gaming mouse crown
By Jacob Fox Published
News It will all depend on that price tag, though.

Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'
By Jacob Fox Last updated
News A whole range of Ubuntu sites and services seem to be affected.
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