
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 (result pending a patiently awaited viva exam) 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 Redditor says it wasn't even that difficult to get a sub-$100 broken Steam Deck working again with parts from an old Nintendo DS Lite: 'not that hard at all'
By Jacob Fox published
News And now it's fit with Nintendo DS Lite shoulder buttons, amongst other Frankenstein fixes.

Looks like the Taiwanese chip industry is becoming a hot target for Chinese state-sponsored hackers trying to nab trade secrets
By Jacob Fox published
News Get your own chips, these are mine.

A capacitor 'mix-up' is causing some mini PCs to fail and it's giving me flashbacks to the great capacitor plague of the early '00s
By Jacob Fox published
News I'd get checking that serial number.

This might be the first AMD Strix Halo chip in a handheld gaming PC we've seen, but I'm more excited for those mini PCs around the corner
By Jacob Fox published
News A first look and possibly a last, too, if this prototype doesn't stick.

You can now stream Xbox-only games to your PC if you're an Insider with Game Pass Ultimate
By Jacob Fox published
News Not so exclusive now, are we?

EU-commissioned study on generative AI and copyright suggests overturning the current opt-out approach that 'effectively treats silence as consent'
By Jacob Fox published
News Quotas for human-authored content, too? I'm in.

We might have to wait until next year to see those all-Nvidia laptops with custom Arm processors
By Jacob Fox published
News Damn, this was probably the piece of hardware I was most looking forward to seeing in 2025.

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2025: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage
By Jacob Fox last updated
SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.

It might give me the heebie jeebies but I can't help wanting one of these transparent power supplies to soothe my retro-starved mind
By Jacob Fox published
News I'm not sure I'd try to power that RTX 5070 Ti with it, though.

If you're on the latest Windows 11 Insider build you might have to uninstall your Xbox controller driver to get it to play nicely
By Jacob Fox published
News Ah, the old uninstall trick, I like it.

If you're using an Intel 8–11th Gen CPU with a Gigabyte motherboard, update your BIOS to protect from a newly discovered vulnerability
By Jacob Fox published
News Leave legacy gamers alone!

The Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS finally has joystick RGB lighting support, but the most annoying issue still isn't fixed
By Jacob Fox published
News Lighting takes precedence I guess.

The Tales of the Shire system requirements are so light you'll be able to play it on an actual potato (whether boiled, mashed, stewed, or cooked in any other manner)
By Jacob Fox published
News Now that's what I call 'taters.

There's another golden RTX 5090 made of over 1,000x more gold than the first, and I'm pleased to say it's absolutely hideous
By Jacob Fox published
News Is this like the rich person's equivalent of crocs?

Now Prime Day is over, AMD gaming PCs have returned to the top of the value pile, case in point this RX 9070 XT and 9800X3D build
By Jacob Fox published
Deal A great all-around build for $2,000.

Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals
By Jacob Fox last updated
Prime Day Deals Prime Day 2025 is almost over but we're still seeing some tasty gaming PC deals.

If you're on a tight budget here's an RTX 4060 Prime Day gaming laptop on sale for just $649, but I have to admit there is a catch
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Can we really call this an RTX 4060?

Our top-rated Mini-ITX PC case just went on sale in my favorite color scheme so of course I'm hovering over the buy button
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Woopsie, finger slipped, got a new case.

This Zotac RTX 5080 rig is still $1,000 off and better and cheaper than every other gaming PC deal I've seen over Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day This is a build I'd be proud to put on my desk.

The biggest discount I found on anything over Prime Day somehow got bigger: With $1,600 off this monster RTX 5090 gaming PC can you guess what the final price is?
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day You might have to give this gaming PC all your lunch money.

Hearken, competitive gamers, for this is the best mouse pad I've ever used and it's 20% off for Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Don't laugh at my love for mouse pads, okay? This is serious business.

I judged this controller 'almost perfect' in my review and with a first ever discount in the Prime Day sales, I'd say it's even better
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Premium all around, this controller is still my go-to.

Get a cracking deal this Amazon Prime Day on the best of the best from our techie tier list
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day The cream of the crop is all the sweeter at a cut price.
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