Jacob Fox

Jacob Fox

Hardware Writer

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

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor
AMD is considering a Ryzen 5 9600X3D 'later this year' but its value for gaming could suffer against its own stiff competition

By Jacob Fox Published

Computex 2026 It might struggle to differentiate itself from other AMD competition.

Computex 2026
A Tryx Vas PC case.
The Tryx Vas PC case: briefcase or air conditioning unit, you decide

By Jacob Fox Published

Computex 2026 I think it looks rather dashing, myself.

Computex 2026
Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate Purrformante fans
Thermal Grizzly enters the PC fan scene and of course it's more about quality engineering than RGB, though there's that, too

By Jacob Fox Published

Computex 2026 Hopefully the Grizz can deliver on its usual engineering quality.

Computex 2026
The keycaps in an Asus ROG Keycap Mystery Box Edition 20.
Asus is releasing 'mystery' mini loot boxes with the most peculiar little keycaps I've ever seen

By Jacob Fox Published

Computex 2026 Mysterious indeed.

Computex 2026
An MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+ gaming laptop on a pink and blue background.
MSI's new skinny two-in-one laptop has an Nvidia RTX Spark chip, which could make for some impressive gaming chops

By Jacob Fox Published

Computex 2026 I'm just bracing myself for the price tag.

Computex 2026
An MSI Codex Z2 gaming PC.
This RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC deal reminds us there's more to great value in 2026 than sheer out-of-the-box performance

By Jacob Fox Published

Deal Though there are some caveats.

Deal
A Karambit Gamma Doppler Emerald knife in CS2.
Counter-Strike is good for personal development, but don't let me tell you, listen to this bona fide Buddhist monk with a beast RTX 4090 rig instead

By Jacob Fox Published

News True Zen runs on Intel, it seems.

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The face buttons on the upper right of the MSI Claw 8 AI+
It looks like the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld powered by Intel's new Arc G-series chips will have a pinch of ROG Xbox Ally to it

By Jacob Fox Published

News There's a little jut to that screen.

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An Acer Predator Atlas 8 handheld gaming PC with Intel Arc G-Series chip.
Acer's Predator Atlas 8 handheld gaming PC with new Intel G-series chips looks a lot like a beefier Lenovo Legion Go S

By Jacob Fox Published

News Beefier in raw horsepower as well as weight, from the looks of it.

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An Argus robot developed by General Robotics Lab at Duke University, walking on a path.
Is this a biblically accurate robot or have I just spent too much time down the cryptozoology rabbit hole

By Jacob Fox Published

News And more importantly, why is it so cute?

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The MSI Claw 8 AI+ running Doom 2016, with a cheeky pentagram on screen.
New Intel-based handheld gaming PCs sound great but all signs point towards yet more prohibitively expensive price tags

By Jacob Fox Published

News With even the Steam Deck shooting up in price, can we expect any better here?

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An image of Kiryu from Yakuza 0 presenting the camera a briefcase full of cash.
Someone is trying to use lost property 'finder' laws to gain legal ownership of 39,069 Bitcoin wallets, with just one of them being worth nearly $6,000,000,000

By Jacob Fox Published

News The list includes the infamous wallet with Mt. Gox stolen funds.

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A Discord logo on a phone next to a Shure MV6 USB condensor mic on a desk.
You will reportedly be able to move the annoying voices in your Discord calls far away with an upcoming spatial audio feature

By Jacob Fox Published

News Sorry, can't hear you over there.

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The Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition on a desk with various parts disassembled.
I'm trying to work out what Noctua's brush-like Computex teaser might be and all I can come up with is a hairy fan

By Jacob Fox Published

News Brushie brushie brushie.

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Corsair Shugo micro-drilled LED RAM, in front of a moon, with blossoms falling next to it.
This Corsair RAM features 'light-emitting micro-drilling technology' and looks gorgeous but it's 2026 so of course it costs $600 for 32 GB

By Jacob Fox Published

News I think I'll need to start a GoFundMe.

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SK hynix, Samsung, and Micron signs in front of company buildings.
Two memory manufacturers join Samsung in the $1 trillion market cap club, global DRAM revenue is nearing $100,000,000,000, and I'm here with my head in my hands

By Jacob Fox Published

News Insert 'congrats happy for you' meme here.

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A Finalmouse Starlight X gaming mouse on a night sky background.
This new gaming mouse looks to combine tech similar to Logitech's analogue clicks and Razer's frame sync but I'm a little sceptical

By Jacob Fox Published

News The clicks look similar to Keychron's recently announced solution, too.

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Surfshark VPN running on multiple devices, in front of a custom PC Gamer Deals background.
For the next week get an Amazon gift card worth up to $30 when you subscribe to Surfshark VPN

By Jacob Fox Published

Deal The VPN itself costs just a couple of bucks per month.

Deal
A Valorant character on the left and a Riot Games sign on the right.
Riot taunts would-be hackers using physical hardware to cheat: 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight'

By Jacob Fox Published

News Vanguard gets a DMA-spanking upgrade.

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A white Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse
Replacing the Viper V4 Pro's skates gave one reviewer some Razer warranty trouble after glass pad sensor issues

By Jacob Fox Published

News The issue is resolved now, but it raises questions over warranty wording.

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A MacBook Neo mod that uses an industrial air blower to cool it.
You can crank wild performance out of a MacBook Neo if only you use a giant industrial air blower and Peltier thermoelectric cooling

By Jacob Fox Published

News A simple sandwich.

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Close-up shot of an RTX 5070's PCIe slot
Another quarter, another quarterly update from Nvidia that doesn't mention gaming

By Jacob Fox Published

News Womp womp, but I suppose what do we expect?

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the left, and an Nvidia building sign on the right.
Nvidia says 'demand for AI infrastructure continues to expand at an unprecedented pace' but after speaking to experts about it, I'm not so sure

By Jacob Fox Published

News The future of the AI industry isn't as certain as Nvidia seems to make out.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 29: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET), an American web infrastructure and website security company, with the company's cloud logo visible in the background, on July 29, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare says Claude Mythos reasoning 'looks like the work of a senior researcher'

By Jacob Fox Published

News Cloudflare has been figuring out how to best use the model.

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A Herman Miller Coyl gaming desk on a grey background.
Herman Miller introduces its first ever gaming desk and, needless to say, it is gorgeous but lavishly expensive

By Jacob Fox Published

News Just a dash of colour ties it together.

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