Latest articles by Jacob Fox
Best external SSDs for gaming in 2025: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage
SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.
I can't recommend Nvidia when this AMD RX 9070 XT gaming PC is $300 off right now
Deal There's an eight-core CPU, 32 gigs of RAM and a big SSD in there, too.
Here's how US tariffs have affected PC gaming hardware, from paused shipments to new investments
Tariffic Here are the latest effects of tariffs on the PC hardware industry.
Nvidia might launch a GeForce RTX 5080 Super/Ti with 24 GB of VRAM sooner than we thought
News Before year's end? I suppose we'll see.
Don't tease me like that, Intel: Commenters on X are told to 'stay tuned' for Arc B770 news under a post about Computex
News If it's not announced at Computex then you got us good.
AMD all but confirms the RX 9060 XT will be announced on May 21
News All render and no reference card, either.
This is the ugliest GPU I've seen in a long, long time and weirdly I think I want one
News Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.
If you're into ambient rainfall sounds, why not use headphones with 'two half-gallon basins' and plenty of real water sloshing around everywhere
News An authentic rainfall experience.
Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS
News Could this be the year of Linux for gaming?
The latest Nvidia driver lets you run ancient CPUs in Windows again without crashing
News Now you can get that cursed PC build up and running.
I've picked out the parts to get you a full gaming PC setup for under $1,100, peripherals and all
Deal Probably a less soul-destroying option than scouring for GPU deals right now.
Here's how long it would take 12 RTX 5090 GPUs to crack your password… and a reminder that just adding more characters still works
News Try to go for 18 characters or more.
I never thought I'd say this about Alienware but its new Aurora laptops show we're truly in the sleek and smart era
News Does that mean 'stylish' or 'boring' to you?
One US politician wants to add trackers to Nvidia's GPUs so they can be bricked if they go to China
News Very James Bond, I like it.
Leaked pics of a supposed Asus ROG Ally 2 show an Xbox-branded handheld gaming PC that is very peculiar to behold
News It's like... one foot in the PlayStation Portal camp, the other in the normal one.
Nvidia and MediaTek rumoured to announce new Windows on Arm laptop chips at Computex 2025
Computex The show kicks off in a few weeks, so AMD APUs could have stiff competition very soon.
I feel like I can finally say we're at a point where buying new PC gaming gear doesn't mean settling for less
We did it Poor quality products haven't disappeared, but gaming going mainstream has raised all boats.
The RX 9060 XT rumour mill flip-flops again: we shall have an 8 GB version of AMD's card after all
News Hopefully at a reasonable price point.
LG's new 'Hybrid Tandem' tech apparently solves the blue light problem which could mean near-flawless OLED gaming monitors
News Here's hoping, anyway.
'China is right behind us': Jensen Huang says we need to 'accelerate the diffusion of American AI technology around the world'
News Is more exports or less exports in the American interest?
Intel is trying out on-chip water cooling too and I'm just happy I'm not the one having to place liquids so close to expensive electronics
News Leave it to the engineers. And the YouTube DIY'ers.
Looks like the first RTX 5060 laptop benchmark results are in and show pretty much what we expected
News Hopefully as efficient as some other RTX 50-series laptops we've seen.
A little power management goes a long way in the latest Intel drivers giving a free 10% fps boost to the MSI Claw AI+ handheld and any other Lunar Lake device
News And an average increase of 25% in 1% Low FPS, though only at 17 W or lower.
