Jacob Ridley
Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things as hardware writer at PCGamesN, where he was one half of a popular weekly YouTube show. He would go on to run the team as hardware editor before joining PC Gamer's world-class staff as senior hardware editor. Today you'll find him spending his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industries. He's found reporting from floors, benches, and, if he's lucky, plush press rooms at the biggest tech shows, such as Computex and CES. But more often than not he's hunched over the office test bench evaluating the newest PC components.
When he's not writing about GPUs and CPUs, you'll find Jacob trying to get as far away from the modern world as possible by wild camping.
Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Here's why Intel's Meteor Lake laptop chips are actually interesting for PC gamers
By Jacob Ridley published
News For a mobile chip, Meteor Lake has some exciting developments even for desktop gamers.
Logitech finally assimilates Blue Microphones with a new lineup of Yeti mics under its own name
By Jacob Ridley published
News The two new Logitech G microphones use the well-known "Yeti" name but ditch the Blue Microphones branding.
Stadia's death spiral, according to the Google employee in charge of mopping up after its murder
By Jacob Ridley published
News We all think we know why Stadia died. Here's Google's official take.
Intel is making progress on a handy new material for building even bigger computer chips: glass
By Jacob Ridley published
News Glass substrates could be the key to linking up massive multi-chiplet processors of the near(ish) future.
Phanteks denies it copied Lian Li in PC fan row set to go to California court
By Jacob Ridley published
News Phanteks predictably says it's not infringing on Lian Li's patent with its daisy-chained fans.
WD's tiny 2TB SSD looks like the drive to buy for a handheld PC storage upgrade
By Jacob Ridley published
News 2TB of TLC NAND for $220.
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
By Jacob Ridley published
DIY From an $800 penny-saving PC to a $4,000 monster.
The Starfield Upscaling Fix mod follows forgotten AMD recommendations to improve texture quality. Modder hopes 'this prompts Bethesda or AMD to fix their implementation'
By Jacob Ridley published
News Modder improves texture detail for every upscaler in Starfield with tiny code tweak.
Twitch Streamer scores clutch kills in Overwatch 2, Valorant, and Halo using mind control
By Jacob Ridley published
News Literal mind hunter.
Epos Gaming to 'wind down' but some employees have already lost their jobs
By Jacob Ridley published
News Parent company Demant blames wider gaming market slowdown but admits it didn't wish to invest significantly in the business.
Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT TUF Gaming OC Edition review
By Jacob Ridley published
Cool running A lot of graphics card for the money.
New Intel driver gives Starfield its eyebrows back
By Jacob Ridley published
News Driver bug that batted eyebrows clean off characters' faces has been fixed, but larger issues with Starfield on Arc graphics cards remain.
Intel follows Apple's lead with Meteor Lake chip with on-package memory
By Jacob Ridley published
News One day we might see on-package DRAM, even.
Corsair K70 Max review
By Jacob Ridley published
Magnetic appeal Probably the fastest gaming keyboard I've ever used.
Corsair HS80 Max Wireless review
By Jacob Ridley published
To the max Corsair's wire-free headset, to the max.
A $5 Starfield mod to enable DLSS Frame Generation has been cracked to remove modder's DRM
By Jacob Ridley published
News Modder PureDark made the DLSS 2.0 version free but charged $5 for the Frame Gen compatible version via a Patreon subscription.
Getting ready to play Starfield on an AMD GPU? New drivers offer big performance boost and warning to players with ultrawide monitors
By Jacob Ridley published
News The new driver package could offer as much as a 16% performance uplift at 4K on RX 7900-series cards.
This 24 karat gold Razer gaming mouse is giving off major Scrooge McDuck vibes
By Jacob Ridley published
News King Charles is getting serious about his Valorant rank.
A 1/500 limited edition Starfield graphics card and CPU bundle is up for auction
By Jacob Ridley published
News The seller claims that money from the sale will go to charity.
Cable-free GPU power connector could deliver up to 900W and have a longer lifespan than 12VHPWR
By Jacob Ridley published
News Looks to be the better connector for powerful gaming GPUs.
Zealous save scumming in Baldur's Gate 3 could wipe your saved games on GeForce Now
By Jacob Ridley published
News Be frugal with your saves, Nvidia warns.
Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless review
By Jacob Ridley published
Lubed up This is quite simply the best new gaming keyboard I've used in years.
Now's the time to remind everyone there's a Baldur's Gate board game and no I'm not talking about D&D
By Jacob Ridley published
News Betrayal at Baldur's Gate is a scenario-based board game you can play in an hour or two.