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

Hot swappable mouse batteries might be the hot new trend as it looks like Wallhack's first ever mouse will have them
By Jacob Fox Published
News The company's first gaming mouse looks pretty lush.

This pair of $250 discounts on RTX 5070 rigs show that the midrange is still the sweetspot for gaming PCs
By Jacob Fox Published
Deal Difficult to decide. A RAM dilemma, a staple of 2026.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You don't have to go big or go home this Prime Day because these four discounted mini PCs should also be a dab hand at gaming
By Jacob Fox Published
Prime Day And a couple of them should be able to handle some local AI, too.
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