
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

QPAD Obsidian Glass mouse pad review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 79% Smooth and 'spensive.

You don't need G Hub running to save or switch between the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike's settings
By Jacob Fox published
News Though you have to sacrifice one your very few mouse buttons.

The best President's Day deals include Newegg's latest combo that knocks $247 off a 32 GB RAM, X3D CPU, and mobo kit that gets you a full 1 TB SSD, too
By Jacob Fox published
Deal These would make a rig worthy of a president, don'tcha think?

Behind the curtain of mouse development: from hand-carving to mechanical flinging, here's how Logitech makes and tests its gaming mice
By Jacob Fox published
Squeaky clean A nice mix of mechanical accuracy with a human touch.

Best handheld gaming PC in 2026: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses.
By Jacob Ridley published
Portable PC

Haptic click sceptics take heed, the Logitech Superstrike has already got a Guinness World Record
By Jacob Fox published
News Pro Valorant gamer Yigox takes the record, using a Superstrike.

Best wireless gaming headsets in 2026: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.

Fortnite adds more anti-cheat requirements, including Secure Boot and TPM, so it might be time to get tinkering in that BIOS
By Jacob Fox published
News Most modern motherboards should support these features.

'We need to do lightweight, but fine, what else?' says Logitech chief engineer, and after getting tons of hours in with the Superstrike I agree the new tech is worth a heavier gaming mouse
By Jacob Fox published
News I'll take 61 g and ultra-low click latency over an ultralight mouse any day.

Underneath the Superstrike: How Logitech has kick-started the next generation of gaming mouse tech
By Jacob Fox published
HITS the spot All in just one year of development.

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.

Of all the things I saw behind the curtain at Logitech HQ, it was this slab of fake wood that surprised me the most: 'It's kind of old school, it's analogue, which we like'
By Jacob Fox published
News Logitech still makes initial mouse designs by hand, using (chemical) wood.

'We knew we had a golden nugget in our hands... so we took all the shortcuts we could': Logitech's new wonder-mouse looks very similar to the Superlight 2 for good reason
By Jacob Fox published
News Similar, but with a big leap forward in reducing click latency.

Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 95% Rapid trigger in a gaming mouse, and it's beautiful.

Logitech G's chief engineer says there's 'no doubt' the cutting-edge tech behind the Superstrike could be used in cheaper mice
By Jacob Fox published
News Though it might take time.

Now I've got my hands on the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike, I believe its inductive tech will be as much of a game-changer for mice as Hall effect is for keyboards
By Jacob Fox published
News Except it uses induction, not the Hall effect.

The world's largest manga piracy site has been shut down with its operator under criminal investigation
By Jacob Fox published
News It had multiple off-shoot sites seemingly to evade law enforcement.

CachyOS isn't joining new Linux gaming distro collab, says it doesn't think a 'collective with strings attached' is necessary
By Jacob Fox published
News The snappy distro will keep to itself for now.

RX 9070 XT gaming PCs were already good value, but they're even better now that well-priced RTX 5070 Ti machines are rare
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Hopefully AMD rigs can keep on giving if Nvidia ones can't.

Microsoft is apparently now going to focus on 'improving system performance, reliability, and the overall experience of Windows' which is better than more AI
By Jacob Fox published
News Could Windows actually get a good update?

Mozilla says it's building a 'rebel alliance' to challenge Big Tech and what it's doing with AI, which is wild but I'm kind of here for it
By Jacob Fox published
News The company has its own, apparently more open ideas for the future of AI.

A whole bunch of different Linux gaming distros are teaming up to 'improve the open source gaming ecosystem'
By Jacob Fox published
News Open sourcers, unite!

Nvidia GeForce Now is officially on Linux, and after testing it I'm equal parts impressed and optimistic for the future of non-Windows gaming
By Jacob Fox published
News For now only officially on Ubuntu.
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