
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

The Razer Viper V4 Pro has reminded me that few things can beat great build quality in a mouse
By Jacob Fox published
Vibin' Viper Ultralight shells and analogue clicks are great, but so is build quality.

Best wireless gaming mouse in 2026: These are the cordless rodents we love getting our mitts on
By Dave James last updated
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-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.

Where does your PC live? There is obviously one correct answer, can you pick it out?
By Dave James published
Poll Don't hide your gaming light under a bushel. Or a desk.

Logitech Superstrike vs Razer Viper V4 Pro: The battle for the competitive crown
By Jacob Fox published
Squeak-off Pitting analogue clicks against top-tier build and performance.

Razer Viper V4 Pro review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 95% There's a new rodent king in town.

CoreWeave co-founder says even older GPUs are still rising in price and are in demand for AI servers
By Jacob Fox published
News Though I suppose every chip this side of the moon is in demand with the AI boom.

Apparently you can't escape Microsoft Outlook issues even in space as Artemis II astronauts ask NASA for help with the software
By Jacob Fox published
News In space, nobody can hear the Windows error sound.

AMD says Intel's 'interesting choices' around multithreading could help Epyc CPUs gain server market share
By Jacob Fox published
News Well, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan did say that ditching SMT was a bad idea.

It looks like Intel might ditch regular E-cores for its upcoming Core 300 laptop chips
By Jacob Fox published
News The upcoming low-power processors might not make for the best gaming chips.

Oracle, darling of the AI boom, is reportedly laying off around 10,000 people
By Jacob Fox published
News There has been a "significant reduction in force."

If you want to crank tons more gaming performance out of the Apple MacBook Neo, apparently a custom water cooling loop works
By Jacob Fox published
News Required equipment includes a 3D printer, a CNC mill, and some guts.

Web-code library with millions of weekly downloads poisoned by malicious release: 'This is unironically a malware nuclear missile'
By Jacob Fox published
News Developers using Axios are recommended to check for exposure.

This tool tells you exactly how much your latency could improve by changing your mouse's polling rate
By Jacob Fox published
News 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 8 kHz: Hopefully, we can soon settle the score.

Forget Doom, how about a Prince of Persia port on a Flipper Zero
By Jacob Fox published
News Prince of Arabia has gone from Arduino port to Flipper Zero port.

In the long list of awful things AI might lead to we can also add killing open-source software
By Jacob Fox published
News Assuming nothing's done to prevent this copyright circumvention technique.

Pearl Abyss says to roll back your GPU driver if you're struggling to get Crimson Desert working on your ROG Xbox Ally X
By Jacob Fox published
News Though a fix is seemingly in the works.

Our favorite budget 1440p gaming monitor that goes up to 210 Hz is just a touch over $150 right now
By Jacob Fox published
Deal That's a fantastic price for a very performant panel.

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

Linux kernel maintainer says AI has suddenly become useful for devs: 'We can't ignore this stuff. It's coming up, and it's getting better'
By Jacob Fox published
News Though that's primarily for security reports and code reviews at the moment.

Google says its new algorithm reduces AI memory overhead by 6x which could be good news for the RAMpocalypse but bad news for Micron and co
By Jacob Fox published
News Stock prices for the big three memory makers have already slid.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says of AI that 'open is not a thing, it’s proprietary and open', sparking a conversation about bot orchestras
By Jacob Fox published
News It's happened, the AI bros think they're conducting symphonies.

AMD announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition: a CPU with a mighty 208 MB of cache aimed at game devs
By Jacob Fox published
News "Where the 9950X3D2 really shines is in workloads that thrive on ultra-fast data access."
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