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

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News Graphics card prices are surging, but GeForce cards have been hit hardest.

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Wetware The best CPU coolers to suit any budgets, form factor, or processor.

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Air dried I've spent years testing air coolers and these are my current recommendations.

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News Shipments are up nearly 100% since last year.

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News Looks suspiciously similar to controller leaked back in May.

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Deal In this messed up market, $174 is tough to beat.

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Keyed in The best gaming keyboards, according to our testers.

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Score: 91% The king of quiet.

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News Oh, and the 4 GB version is OEM-only.

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Score: 85% Proving air coolers are still cool in 2026.

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News Meanwhile, the US still hopes to block ASML from selling and servicing similar machines in China.

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News "I'm confident that Intel is well positioned to help define the next era of computing," says CEO Tan.

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Score: 84% Surprisingly effective for the money.

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Fan-tastic Here are our recommendations from our tests.

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Score: 78% Comfy, smart, and just a lil' too close to the champ.

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Driven Speed away with the best PC racing wheel for gaming.

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Score: 65% Better, but at what cost?

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Prime Day Meta increased the MSRP of the Quest 3S due to memory costs. This deal puts it back.

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Prime Day Here are the most clicked deals for the previous 24 hours—some good picks in there.

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Prime Day It's down to $16 right now. Or there are a few other options with various extra ports.

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Prime Day There's so much better value beyond Microsoft and Sony for PC.

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Prime Day I actually built a PC over the weekend and this thing made it a breeze.

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Prime Day I wish I'd set one up sooner.
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