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
RTX 40-series gaming PCs like these ones are getting cheap enough that they might actually be worthy of the name 'budget'
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Looks like cheap gaming PCs should be actually cheap this holiday season.
I don't know whether I'd wait for Black Friday when there are already RTX 4070 Super gaming PCs going for so little
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Pull the trigger or wait? I'm glad I'm not the one deciding!
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D might seal Arrow Lake's fate unless Intel cuts prices to compete with the 9000-series
By Jacob Fox published
X3Deez Prices Who's buying Intel now, then? I'd guess probably not gamers.
Reddit just turned a profit for the first time in 20 years and its Google and OpenAI partnerships played a surprisingly small part in it
By Jacob Fox published
News Machine translation pays dividends.
AMD confirms Ryzen 7 9800X3D will cost $479, highest clock speeds ever for 3D V-Cache and fully unlocked for overclocking
By Jacob Fox published
News Oh, and the 3D V-Cache is now located underneath the processor, not on top.
Motherboard manufacturers beat AMD to the punch confirming Ryzen 7 9800X3D as the first 9000X3D chip to launch next week
By Jacob Fox published
News The latest whispers from the grapevine are that it won't be cheap, either.
AMD's Dr. Lisa Su predicts AI GPU market will grow to $500 billion by 2028 or 'roughly equivalent to annual sales for the entire semiconductor industry in 2023'
By Jacob Fox published
News Please feed some of that back into gaming GPUs, Dr. Su.
Extreme overclockers might need new mounting frames for AMD 9000X3D chips, as Thermal Grizzly says two 'are likely incompatible without modifications'
By Jacob Fox published
News De-lidders beware.
Ayaneo's teasing us with concept photos of its 'Code: REVO' handheld, a codename 'symbolizing the innovative strength that leads gamers to walk into a whole new dimension of Ayaneo handhelds'
By Jacob Fox published
News Marketing fluff it may be, but pretty marketing fluff nonetheless.
SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds review
By Jacob Fox published
Best Buds A premium pair of versatile, high-quality wireless gaming earbuds.
Three—yes, three—upcoming Legion Go handhelds are rumoured to sample the entire generational mix of AMD Z2 processors
By Jacob Fox published
News Buckle up because AMD doesn't seem to want to make understanding its Ryzen Z2 processors easy.
You might want to hold off installing the latest Game Ready Nvidia GeForce driver if you're using Corsair iCUE or Bluestacks
By Jacob Fox published
News Optimised performance or RGB control? You decide.
Cutting through the 'fake news', Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Blackwell's design flaw was '100% Nvidia's fault' and there are no tensions with TSMC
By Jacob Fox published
News Team Green's AI server chips can now roll out unhindered.
The best gaming projectors in 2024: These are the beamers I'd use for my home gaming theatre
By Jacob Fox last updated
Beam me up Bigger and more portable than monitors, grab one of these projectors for the ultimate home gaming experience.
You can now turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a proper retro gaming PC with official hardware as the manufacturer just released its own PCIe 3.0 SSDs
By Jacob Fox published
News No third-party HATs or SSDs needed.
Remember that Redditor who claimed to be scammed by Overclockers UK? The company just slapped down a paper trail to suggest 'the customer was trying to defraud us'
By Jacob Fox published
The UK retailer's recent statement shows it still has a bone to pick.
AMD might not give up on AM4 just yet as it looks like more refreshed 5000-series chips are on the way
By Jacob Fox published
News Two generations old but still kicking.
Corsair TC500 Luxe gaming chair review
By Jacob Fox published
Luxury seat A comfy, stylish, subtle gaming chair held back by one frustrating design flaw.
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?
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