Jacob Ridley
Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog, before graduating to breaking things professionally at PCGamesN, where he was one half of a popular weekly YouTube show. Joining PC Gamer in 2020, Jacob is now managing editor of the hardware team, and you'll usually find him testing the latest components or building a gaming PC. He says he's determined to build a fort as big as a house out of case boxes. Jacob enjoys heading out of the office to report from floors, benches, and, if he's lucky, plush press rooms at the biggest tech shows, such as Computex and CES.
When he's not writing about components, you'll find Jacob trying to get away from the modern world as fast as possible by bike and pitching up camp in murky woods.
Latest articles by Jacob Ridley

Arctic Freezer 36-S review
By Jacob Ridley Published
Score: 84% Surprisingly effective for the money.

Best PC fans in 2026: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Fan-tastic Here are our recommendations from our tests.

Secretlab Atlas review
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Score: 78% Comfy, smart, and just a lil' too close to the champ.

Best PC racing wheels in 2026: my favorite direct drive and budget steering wheels for sim racing
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Driven Speed away with the best PC racing wheel for gaming.

Be Quiet Dark Rock 6 and Dark Rock Pro 6 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
Score: 65% Better, but at what cost?

Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day 2026 Amazon Prime Day may be over, but there still deals to be found on gaming PCs, laptops, monitors, and more.

Amazon Prime Day gaming mouse and controller deals
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day 2026 Prime Day might be finished, but many deals are still running.

This Prime Day Quest 3S deal knocks the price back to what it was before the memory crisis jacked the MSRP
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day Meta increased the MSRP of the Quest 3S due to memory costs. This deal puts it back.

Here are the most popular Prime Day PC gaming deals, as clicked on and purchased by you lot
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day Here are the most clicked deals for the previous 24 hours—some good picks in there.

I've started ripping CDs with this disc drive and if you also find it weird we don't own things anymore then it's currently on sale for Prime Day
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day It's down to $16 right now. Or there are a few other options with various extra ports.

This discounted controller puts the standard Xbox pad to shame for just $64 as Amazon Prime Day wraps up
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day There's so much better value beyond Microsoft and Sony for PC.

Take the pain out of PC building with this electric screwdriver still on sale for the finale of Amazon Prime Day
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day I actually built a PC over the weekend and this thing made it a breeze.

I'm a NAS guy now and busily cutting Google and Netflix out of my life. And you can get the same system as me for 20% off for the final day of Prime week
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day I wish I'd set one up sooner.

Price drop: This gaming mouse is ridiculously light, capable and currently its lowest price ever for Prime Day
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Prime Day Check the specs: 33,000 DPI, 8K polling, 70-hour battery, and only 36 grams.

I've been using this vertical mouse from Razer ever since a physician told me off and it's currently at its lowest price ever on Amazon
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day The Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical is the name, ergonomics is the game.

I've crunched the numbers and these are the best value SSD deals this Prime Day
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day Prices are high for storage right now. Here's the best way to save a little cash.

This is the best 2 TB SSD deal I've spotted over Prime Day: $0.12/GB, up to 7400 MB/s, and a known brand
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day It's rough out there but there are still ways to save.

I've not had to look far to find our favorite gaming mice with big discounts this Prime Day: Logitech, Razer, Mchose and Corsair for less
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day Here are the ones I recommend.

Sign up for a Steam Machine before June 25: Valve running one-time randomized queue due to limited availability and to 'limit resellers'
By Jacob Ridley Published
News Sign up before then for a chance to buy a Steam Machine sometime this year.

Steam Machine is here, starts at $1,049
By Jacob Ridley Published
News Valve admits its higher than hoped: "Our original goal for the price… is no longer viable."

One of the best upgrades I made to my setup was an OLED gaming monitor and this one is just $380
By Jacob Ridley Published
Prime Day There goes that price premium...

These 'lovely earbuds for almost anything' are down to their lowest price ever on Amazon
By Jacob Ridley Published
Deal Just don't expect the lowest latency for gaming. For listening to music or watching movies, however, they're great.

Five things I want you to think about before you buy your first gaming laptop
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
Laptop livin' Gaming laptops can be excellent, but you need to shop wisely to avoid making a mistake. Here's my advice.
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