
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

Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals
By Jacob Fox last updated
Prime Day 2026 From sub-$1,000 builds all the way to RTX 5090 behemoths, here are the best Prime Day discounts on gaming rigs.

One of the best upgrades I've made for competitive gaming now costs just $24 for Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Say hello to the humble in-ear monior.

The most satisfying controller I've ever used is on sale at its lowest ever price for Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day There's nothing scuffed about this.

These excellent gaming earbuds I use every single day are at their lowest price for Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day I've been waiting for my li'l buds to drop to this kind of price.

I've had my hawk eyes trained on gaming PC deals every day and here are my six favorite prebuilts this Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day There should be something for most PC budgets here.

I still don't know whether we'll see a better high-end gaming PC deal than this iBuyPower rig through the Prime Day sales
By Jacob Fox last updated
Prime Day It's the most well-rounded PC I've seen at this kind of price for a while.

As a Counter-Striker who's tried a bunch of competitive FPS gaming peripherals and monitors, let me show you the best I've found this Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day From one wannabe pro to another.

Counter-Striking on this 400 Hz monitor over the last few days has had me in awe and now Prime Day has it down to just $323
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day This might just be the sweet spot for a competitive monitor if it's in budget.

This 320 Hz Alienware monitor that I reviewed is without a doubt the best Prime Day upgrade for anyone into competitive FPS games
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Don't underestimate the benefits of ultra high refresh rates.

If min-maxing gaming performance sounds good to you, check out this glass cannon AMD RX 9070 XT rig
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day When frame rates are to you sweet nectar, what's not to love?

The legendary 300-hour battery HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless is still going strong at its lowest ever price for Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day This old timer is still giving it to the new blood.

If you've been aching to upgrade your gaming PC, you'd really struggle to match this RTX 5070 Prime Day machine with a DIY build
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Keep it rollin', Thermaltake.

Best gaming headsets in 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some audio treacle with the best gaming headsets.

Epic says the 'ground-up rebuild' of its launcher offers 5-6.5x improved performance, and the Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign
By Jacob Fox published
News Slides out of Unreal Fest promise "5x faster cold start (average)" and "6.5x faster systray restore to library (average)" as Epic works on making its store suck less.

The US is worried China could have a top-spec chipmaking machine despite export restrictions, but the machine maker ASML denies it
By Jacob Fox published
News All I know is you can't hide a 150+ ton EUV machine in MY house.

Apparently some of the best gaming mice aren't staying at the right DPI when moved slowly
By Jacob Fox published
News 'DPI downshift', they call it.

We now have teardown pics of the Steam Frame controller and it looks like it could be pretty repairable
By Jacob Fox published
News It could follow in the Steam Controller's footsteps.

'Price increases are unavoidable' says Tim Cook, proving even Apple isn't impervious to the global memory shortage
By Jacob Fox published
News "We’re willing to use our balance sheet to help be a part of the solution."

All roads lead to philosophy, as this Wikipedia game proves
By Jacob Fox published
News It's all footnotes to Plato, just as Whitehead said.

Intel's 18A-P chipmaking process has started risk production and promises 9% improved CPU performance for the same power
By Jacob Fox published
News Or 18% less power consumption for the same performance.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says we need to 'deal with social norms' surrounding AI but apparently that means 'just go engage it'
By Jacob Fox published
News Oh, right, of course that's exactly what he has in mind. Use AI, got it.

Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming PC
By Jacob Fox last updated
New PC Guide I bought my first gaming PC almost two decades ago, and here are the things I've learnt since then that I think you should know.

Silicon Motion says 'the retail SSD market has almost disappeared' as NAND shifts towards AI servers and OEMs scoop up the drives that usually sit in our gaming PCs
By Jacob Fox published
News Yet another day during the RAMpocalypse.
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