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
No need to wait for Black Friday when this solid RTX 4080 Super gaming PC is cheaper than similar builds were for October Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Ryzen 7 7700X | RTX 4080 Super | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 1 TB SSD
Best external SSD for gaming in 2024: 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.
I didn't realise how much I needed a comparative thermal paste database until now—here's +1 rep to Igor's Lab for this world first
By Jacob Fox published
News Formed of real-world testing data and featuring a filter for skill level.
Nvidia might be in the blame game with TSMC over Blackwell chip failures, but that doesn't mean it will go back to Samsung
By Jacob Fox published
News It's not impossible, but TSMC's incredibly strong right now.
Researchers seem to have cracked 6G wireless, achieving speeds over 9,000x faster than the 5G average at 938 Gbps—would download Black Myth Wukong in 1.1 seconds
By Jacob Fox published
News Vegeta, what does the scouter say about the 145 GHz bandwidth wireless transmission of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals?
There may be a use for the Copilot key after all, but not quite yet—Microsoft is toying with the idea of allowing us to change what it opens
By Jacob Fox published
News You might want to hold fire with those keycap pullers.
SanDisk Desk Drive 8 TB external SSD review
By Jacob Fox published
Hefty puck Not the most portable drive but great for system backups, giant game libraries, and media storage.
Adata SE920 2 TB external SSD review
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Glass cannon The glass cannon of portable drives: fast but expensive and possibly even risky.
October Prime Day was bangin' this year because we're nearing the end of a generation—this might mean last calls for value this Black Friday
By Jacob Fox published
News Do we go for value right now, or next-gen hardware come early 2025?
Fraudsters sentenced for tricking Apple out of more than a whopping $2.5 million by sending in convincing fake iPhones for repair
By Jacob Fox published
News Take extra care in the second-hand iPhone market, folks.
Free yourself from stick drift with a Hall effect 8Bitdo controller on sale for $40
By Tyler Wilde published
Prime Day A Prime Day deal on one of our favorite PC-compatible gamepads.
This RTX 4090 Alienware gaming PC is $1,000 off for Prime Day and skimps in precisely zero areas
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day deals 64 GB of RAM and Alienware's crisp new aesthetic.
If I have $100 to spend this October Prime Day, these are the PC gaming deals I'm going for—my favorite discounts for tight budgets
By Jacob Fox last updated
Prime Day deals There are plenty of cheap deals here, from mice and headsets to RAM, monitors, and much more.
Samsung's most durable 4 TB external SSD costs less than $0.06 per GB this Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day deals Rugged, stylish, and plenty speedy. Now at a bargain price, too.
I'm genuinely flabbergasted: This RTX 4070 Super gaming PC is cheaper than budget 4060 Ti gaming PCs this Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day deals Not the greatest CPU or RAM, but for this price for this GPU, who cares?
This external SSD rated to 2,000 MB/s is as affordable as some only half as fast for Prime Day
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day deals Yep, that's $0.07 per GB for a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 drive.
The cheapest RTX 4070 gaming PC deal this October Prime Day is on Newegg, not Amazon
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day deals The ever-tantalising Yeyian Tanto just got even tastier.
Samsung T9 4 TB external SSD review
By Jacob Fox published
Rugged rubber Fantastic quality, great sustained speeds, and a premium rugged casing.
Gaming keyboards are becoming more like enthusiast keyboards and I can't wait to have my clicky clacky cake and eat it
By Jacob Fox published
QWERTY HURTY Can we end up with the best of both worlds?
Shhhhh, Noctua confirms its first ever decibel-dampening power supply will launch this year
By Jacob Fox published
News The Noctua Edition PSU should be whisper quiet.
Asus has now made it clear if a product sent for repair will be fixed under warranty or if it'll cost ya
By Jacob Fox published
News Let's hope this makes for a more transparent RMA process overall.
Samsung debated selling off its manufacturing arm as 3 nm yields remain low and the chip giant's stock price drops
By Jacob Fox published
news TSMC's keeping the ball rolling but healthy competition would be better.
Windows 11 24H2 is finally here and Microsoft's calling it a 'full OS swap', it's just a shame the new Windows update still has Recall
By Jacob Fox published
News Hey, at least Task Manager is saying MT/s instead of MHz now.
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