
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 Zotac mini PC has an inventive way of ditching its RTX 5060 Ti's power cables, and no it's not the same as the Asus BTF way
By Jacob Fox published
News Split a PCIe connector in two? Hold my beer.

These glorious little animations offer the best visual explanation of the benefits of SSDs over hard drives I've ever seen
By Jacob Fox published
News Great for visual learners.

The US gov shut down a $160 million smuggling operation trying to get Nvidia H200 chips into China and also, err, says the GPUs won't be restricted anymore
By Jacob Fox published
News Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

Looks like the Run dialog box is getting a sleek new look on Windows 11
By Jacob Fox published
News I just hope it's just as snappy. And where'd my browse button go?

Two of the best gaming PC deals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025 are still live, and surprisingly they're from Alienware
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Two powerful rigs that have somehow stuck around.

Best cheap gaming PC deals
By Jacob Fox last updated
deal Our simple advice: don't pay full price for a gaming PC.

Adding yet more needless features, Discord joins the 'wrapped' crew with a yearly stat recap called Checkpoint
By Jacob Fox published
News Can it not?

Cyber Week gaming PC deals 2025: discounts across Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon rigs
By Jacob Fox last updated
Cyber Week The Cyber Week gaming PC deals roll on, so there's still time to pick up a bargain.

The source code for Asus' phone cameras has been hacked, but it's apparently 'not impacted Asus products, internal company systems, or user privacy'
By Jacob Fox published
News Presumably the source code wasn't critical, then.

'This is a race towards who can get more and more of the world’s 7.5 billion people to become subscribers': IBM's CEO says the AI industry isn't a bubble
By Jacob Fox published
News I'm not so sure.

Samsung rejects the claim that it is negotiating with itself over memory contracts
By Jacob Fox last updated
News The company says such reports are "baseless."

Even Raspberry Pi computers, some of the cheapest lil machines on the market, are getting price hikes thanks to the RAM shortage
By Jacob Fox published
News I suppose we can't expect anything with memory to be safe.
Cloudflare says DDoS attacks have multiplied to 1.7x last year's count and at points there's been about one attempt every second
By Jacob Fox published
News That must be quite a few packets of data.

There are still some great gaming PCs under $2,000 as Cyber Week rolls on—here are the best I've found after scouring around
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Week Midrange and high-end rigs in here, lovely.

These three AMD RX 9070 XT gaming PCs are all mighty tempting this Cyber Monday, but I think I've found the victor
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday With an X3D chip, too.

Behold, another RTX 5080 gaming PC for under $2,000 this Cyber Monday, and this one's got a whopper of a CPU to boot
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday That chassis and vertical GPU mount is pretty neat, too.

This mouse made an RGB lover out of me, so props to the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro which is over $60 off this Cyber Monday
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday And it has infinite scroll, too.

I've been keeping my eye on gaming PC deals every day for the past two weeks and these are the best sub-$1,000 deals I've found
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday If you're on a budget, Best Buy and Newegg have some great options.

These three Cyber Monday gaming PC deals show why prebuilt rigs are better value than DIY builds at every budget this year
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday Sad news for those who love building, but good news for everyone else.

I'm all about competitive gaming and these are the best Cyber Monday deals that I've found for serious FPS players
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday I can personally vouch for some of these, and the rest are calling my name.

It's time to forget the Steam Deck because this is the best Cyber Monday handheld gaming PC deal (and it runs SteamOS)
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday This is my absolute favorite handheld gaming PC.

You might not know the brand behind these $50 earbuds, but I've been using them for months despite having many more expensive buds to choose from
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday The best budget earbuds at their best ever price.
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