
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

Glass mouse pads haven't won me over but gamer sleeves are a different story
By Jacob Fox Published
Mock me if you must. My gamer sleeve and I aren't listening.

I think the latest record-breaking Windows 11 update messed up my monitor
By Jacob Fox Published
News The morning after the update, its 400 Hz capabilities were no more.

Best mini PCs in 2026: The best compact computers for gaming
By Al Bickham, Jacob Fox Last updated
Teeny Peecees Searching for a new super-compact gaming machine? Look no further.

Best handheld gaming PC in 2026: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Portable PC PC gaming is officially portable now, and these handheld gaming PCs are the best around.

The company that makes all the West's chipmaking machines says it's selling more than it expected thanks to 'very strong momentum in both DRAM and advanced logic'
By Jacob Fox Published
News It's all a race to catch up with astronomical demand.

Best gaming PCs in 2026: We've tested the best current-gen gaming PCs and these are our picks
By Dave James, Jacob Fox Last updated
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best prebuilt gaming PC.

Against a backdrop of advancing Chinese production, TSMC announces another $100 billion worth of chipmaking will be invested in the US
By Jacob Fox Published
News This, after a strong quarter.

Best gaming monitors in 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.

DRAM demand predicted to outstrip supply by 28.7 exabytes in 2030, which is almost as much as the actual DRAM in the world right now
By Jacob Fox Published
News More to come? Joy.

'Worse than our expectations': IBM's shares drop 25% after CEO says it hasn't adapted quickly enough to AI industry changes
By Jacob Fox Published
News That's a steep drop.

New changes to Windows 11 Start menu and search look genuinely exciting and thank the heavens that we'll be able to disable web results
By Jacob Fox Published
News Keep going in this direction, please, Microsoft.

So THIS is why component makers have started validating their products for Chinese memory
By Jacob Fox Published
News CXMT is estimated to essentially match Micron in terms of DRAM manufacturing capabilities this year.

We might see a new Logitech Superstrike this September, just a few months after the world's first proper analogue mouse launched
By Jacob Fox Published
News Apparently no new sensor, though.

AI did a surprisingly good job with designing a rack for three Framework mainboards
By Jacob Fox Published
News Great, I'll take one. With the Framework mainboards, of course.

More evidence that Multi Frame Gen is on the way to AMD RDNA4 GPUs, potentially as high as 8x
By Jacob Fox Published
News Not only that, but Ray Regeneration and Neural Radiance Caching overrides.

The gaming PC market is a mess right now but this RTX 5070 rig is still at the same reasonable price it's been at for months
By Jacob Fox Published
Deal And there are a couple of decent alternatives if that isn't for you.

KTC 25M1 400 Hz gaming monitor review
By Jacob Fox Published
Score: 89% Smooth, snappy, and surprisingly well-priced for a high refresh panel.

It looks like Samsung is taking a leaf out of Nvidia's book and making a proper PC processor
By Jacob Fox Published
News If 2026 is the year of Linux, could 2027 be the year of Windows on Arm?

In the wake of Prime Day, this RTX 5070 Ti laptop is looking mighty alluring next to all those lesser RTX 5070 machines
By Jacob Fox Published
Deal You might want to add in some more storage ASAP, though.

Logitech G316 X (tactile) gaming keyboard review
By Jacob Fox Published
Score: 61% Oh what could have been.

An RTX 5070 gaming PC for under $1,350 is not what I expected to see after Prime Day
By Jacob Fox Published
Deal Solid midrange performance at an eminently reasonable price.

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.

If I had around $100 to spend this Prime Day, this is the keyboard, mouse, and set of earbuds I'd pick up for competitive gaming
By Jacob Fox Published
Prime Day For $106.28 total, this pair of IEMs, mouse, and keyboard are great value for the aspiring esports gamer.
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