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
This is the RTX 4080 Super gaming PC I'd buy as a dopamine-crazed serial hobbyist if I had a couple grand lying around
By Jacob Fox published
Deal The CPU and graphics card say 'gaming' but the 64 GB memory and 2 TB SSD shout 'content creation'. Who says we can't have both?
Bought a pre-built Intel 13th/14th Gen gaming PC? Here are the warranty extensions different PC builders say they're offering
By Jacob Fox published
News A mixed bag, but not too mixed. Most PC makers are matching Intel's 2-year extension.
Next-gen Intel Arrow Lake CPUs rumored to consume at least 100 W less power at high frequencies
By Jacob Fox published
News Is Intel making headway with Arrow Lake power efficiency?
MSI and Asus roll out first Intel instability fix for a range of motherboards with 0x129 microcode BIOS
By Jacob Fox published
News Here's hoping this microcode fixes things.
Logitech says it has 'no plans' for a subscription mouse—let's keep it that way
By Jacob Fox published
News At least the concerns of PC gamers seem to be recognised.
New world's thinnest LPDDR5X memory from Samsung could bode well for handheld gaming PCs
By Jacob Fox published
News Thinner or cooler? Either way, I'm here for it
I chose the worst four years to take a hiatus from gaming hardware because now I feel like I'm being handed alien tech when confronted with a Steam Deck
By Jacob Fox published
:O And chips are 3D now?! Honestly, I turn my back for two seconds.
Shareholders sue CrowdStrike over consequences of catastrophic worldwide IT outage and I don't think an Uber Eats voucher will cut it this time
By Jacob Fox published
News The company's share price has dropped by tens of billions.
Logitech's 'forever mouse' could mean peripherals go the way of coffee beans, TVs, and printer ink by pushing a subscription
By Jacob Fox published
News Could a mouse ever be timeless?
This $1,500 gaming PC is what I'd personally buy today if I were looking for an all-AMD build
By Jacob Fox published
Deal It looks pretty gorgeous, too, don't you think?
iFixit CEO takes shots at Anthropic for 'hitting our servers a million times in 24 hours' and even the AI company's own chatbot disapproves
By Jacob Fox published
News Next, maybe we could teach AI to respect people's boundaries.
Google's now the only search engine that will show new Reddit posts in search results and it's somewhat AI's fault
By Jacob Fox published
News When will this Big Tech drama end? Maybe when all this "AI" stuff blows over.
Nvidia's share price drops along with other AI firms, but all is peachy as they collectively remain some of the most valuable companies on the planet
By Jacob Fox published
News Markets ebb and flow, even for massively hyped industries.
People are making mini Fractal Design cases for their Raspberry Pi and it's making me wish I owned a 3D printer so I could do the same
By Jacob Fox published
News My Raspberry Pi 5 is mighty jealous, right now.
US, UK, and EU finally come together to prevent AI monopoly (catastrophic market failure, not the game)
By Jacob Fox published
News Everyone agrees an all-powerful AI run by one company would be a bad idea.
Intel finally breaks silence, points finger at 'microcode algorithm' voltage errors, and says it's going to patch Core 13th/14th Gen CPU stability issues mid-August
By Jacob Fox published
News Fingers crossed, eh?
Help! The deals on these RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4070, and RTX 4070 Super gaming PCs are so tasty we're still arguing over which one's best
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Thankfully, for sub-$1,000, $1,200, and $1,600, all three rigs slot into different budget ranges.
33,700,000 motherboards expected to ship in 2024, signaling the end of the PC market's dry spell
By Jacob Fox published
News The four big motherboard manufacturers are expected to ship heaps more this year.
Do temps matter no more? Next-gen Intel desktop CPUs might run as hot as Meteor Lake laptop chips
By Jacob Fox published
News The rumour mill's churning out some spicy but reasonable numbers.
Mr. DIMM, why do you have so many chips? Micron's new monstrous multi-rank memory doubles DDR5 speed to 8,800 MT/s
By Jacob Fox published
News Are memory companies looking for new ways to increase bandwidth to capitalise on the AI boom?
These are our favorite Prime Day PC deals under $100: from monitors to SSDs to RGB lights
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day Scrape together your remaining pennies because there are some great cheap Prime Day PC gaming deals.
I'd take any one of these discounted retro 8BitDo gamepads over any other Prime Day controller deal you might find today
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day I'd take the retro brand's modernized controllers, too. In fact, just give me the lot, thank you.
So, Jacob 1 and Jacob 2, why do you enjoy Prime Day? In unison: 'Because our fav Sennheiser headphones are 30% off or more.' Thanks, Jacobs
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day The Jacobs have spoken, and spoken wise words they have.
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