
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

The source code for Asus' phone cameras has been hacked, but it's apparently 'not impacted Asus products, internal company systems, or user privacy'
By Jacob Fox published
News Presumably the source code wasn't critical, then.

'This is a race towards who can get more and more of the world’s 7.5 billion people to become subscribers': IBM's CEO says the AI industry isn't a bubble
By Jacob Fox published
News I'm not so sure.

Samsung rejects the claim that it is negotiating with itself over memory contracts
By Jacob Fox last updated
News The company says such reports are "baseless."

Even Raspberry Pi computers, some of the cheapest lil machines on the market, are getting price hikes thanks to the RAM shortage
By Jacob Fox published
News I suppose we can't expect anything with memory to be safe.
Cloudflare says DDoS attacks have multiplied to 1.7x last year's count and at points there's been about one attempt every second
By Jacob Fox published
News That must be quite a few packets of data.

There are still some great gaming PCs under $2,000 as Cyber Week rolls on—here are the best I've found after scouring around
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Week Midrange and high-end rigs in here, lovely.

These three AMD RX 9070 XT gaming PCs are all mighty tempting this Cyber Monday, but I think I've found the victor
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday With an X3D chip, too.

Behold, another RTX 5080 gaming PC for under $2,000 this Cyber Monday, and this one's got a whopper of a CPU to boot
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday That chassis and vertical GPU mount is pretty neat, too.

This mouse made an RGB lover out of me, so props to the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro which is over $60 off this Cyber Monday
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday And it has infinite scroll, too.

I've been keeping my eye on gaming PC deals every day for the past two weeks and these are the best sub-$1,000 deals I've found
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday If you're on a budget, Best Buy and Newegg have some great options.

These three Cyber Monday gaming PC deals show why prebuilt rigs are better value than DIY builds at every budget this year
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday Sad news for those who love building, but good news for everyone else.

I'm all about competitive gaming and these are the best Cyber Monday deals that I've found for serious FPS players
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday I can personally vouch for some of these, and the rest are calling my name.

It's time to forget the Steam Deck because this is the best Cyber Monday handheld gaming PC deal (and it runs SteamOS)
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday This is my absolute favorite handheld gaming PC.

You might not know the brand behind these $50 earbuds, but I've been using them for months despite having many more expensive buds to choose from
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday The best budget earbuds at their best ever price.

This laptop is for PC gamers with MacBook envy and it's just got a $630 discount, putting it at $1,200 for Cyber Monday
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday Probably my favorite laptop I've used.

At $3,700, you'd really struggle to build a gaming PC as good as this RTX 5090 rig, even with the best Cyber Monday deals
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday Pre-builts can come in clutch when there are component shortages.

This RTX 9070 XT gaming PC is on the right side of $1,500, putting it at the top of my list of value rigs this Cyber Monday
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday I think I'd take this over an Nvidia rig for this price.

The legendary Logitech G Pro X Superlight, probably my all-time favorite gaming mouse, is cheaper than last year in the Cyber Monday sales
By Jacob Fox published
Cyber Monday It's been a long time, my old friend.

This is not only the best Black Friday gaming PC deal, but with an RTX 5070 rig for less than $1,000 it's the best I've seen all year
By Jacob Fox published
Black Friday Genuine value on Black Friday, who'da thunk it.

This mouse and pad combo is my go-to and is easily the choice for competitive FPS gaming and esports this Black Friday
By Jacob Fox published
Black Friday Lightweight and glidey, the perfect combo.

The ROG Xbox Ally now has tailored per-game profiles and I never thought I'd say it but as a SteamOS user I'm quite jealous
By Jacob Fox published
News Dare I say I'm tentatively optimistic about a Microsoft feature?

With memory prices as they are, pre-built PCs like this $900 RTX 5060 gaming PC with 32 GB of DDR5-6000 might be the way to go
By Jacob Fox published
Black Friday Why risk climbing prices?
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