
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

It's only been around for five months and already the best multi-button MMO rodent is the best Prime Day gaming mouse deal
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Running out of keybinds? Fear not, says the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE.

My favorite USB4 external SSD is at its lowest ever price for October Prime Day and makes for a very snappy 2 TB of storage
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day It's the best external drive I've tested to date.

One of the most gorgeous gaming laptops I've used is almost $500 off even with an RTX 5070 for October Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day And it's an OLED, too.

These earbuds are my daily drivers and they just dropped to their lowest ever price of $56 for October Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Great all-rounders and pretty stellar for gaming, too.

Forget the ROG Xbox Ally, for $600 this October Prime Day I'd be picking up a 1 TB Lenovo Legion Go
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day It's not even really a contest, is it?

This RX 9070 XT gaming PC is way cheaper than equivalent RTX 5070 Ti builds this Prime Day and should be enough to tempt any Nvidia fan
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day An X3D chip too, lovely.

$1,099 for an RTX 5070 gaming PC this Amazon October Prime Day is giving me hope for our frighteningly expensive hobby
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day And you can color me slightly less jaded about sales events.

The comfiest controller I've ever used is currently $17 off in the Prime Day sales
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day The Scuf Valor Pro is almost perfect, if only it weren't for that pesky cable.

This isn't the cheapest RTX 5080 gaming PC I've found this Prime Day, but it packs a lot of powerful hardware into a dinky SFF chassis
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day A cute li'l sleeper build.

This is the lowest I've seen an RTX 5060 gaming PC going for, a mere $749, but there might be a small catch with this Prime Day deal
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day That looks like one RAM stick to me.

There's a new king of lightweight gaming mice and I'll 1v1 anyone who disses the ultralight market
By Jacob Fox published
Float on Meet me at T Spawn.

Best gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
By Dave James last updated
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

Best wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
By Dave James last updated
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.

Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless gaming mouse review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 92% A mouse that can truly lay claim to the 'ultralight' title.

Glorious Model O3 Wireless review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 79% A mouse with genuine battery life innovation.

For $1,000 off, this Cooler Master gaming PC is about as cheap as I've seen such a solid RTX 5080 build
By Jacob Fox published
Deal There's no skimping on any component here, although an X3D CPU would be nice.

Jensen Huang says Intel and Nvidia 'have been discussing and architecting solutions now for coming up to a year' and 'kept it really quiet'
By Jacob Fox published
News Kept schtum on that one, huh?

End of Windows 10 support might mean a sizeable shrink in the entry-level PC gaming market according to new research
By Jacob Fox published
News I wonder how much bypassing TPM requirements will affect this.

Eye-scanning Orb maker says 'there is no world where we are not going to have' biometrics to check we're human and keep games bot-free
By Jacob Fox published
*Shuts eyes* And with the AI bubble continuing to expand, they might just be right.

Intel says Arc GPUs aren't going anywhere just yet despite the new Nvidia collaboration
By Jacob Fox published
News Whether and how long that will remain the case is a different question.

Asus ROG says it is 'actively investigating' gaming laptop stuttering issues after a user apparently identified a 'cascade of firmware design failures'
By Jacob Fox published
News The Github-hosted analysis doesn't paint a pretty picture.

You can install the new Xbox Full screen experience mode for Windows on handhelds but whether it will work is another question entirely
By Jacob Fox published
News It clearly needs a tad more tinkering before it's ready to roll.

I've not been this smitten over a gaming mouse since the G Pro X Superlight: The wireless Corsair Sabre V2 Pro weighs just 36 grams
By Jacob Fox published
News The Corsair Sabre V2 knows how to push my buttons.
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