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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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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Prime Day Check the specs: 33,000 DPI, 8K polling, 70-hour battery, and only 36 grams.

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Prime Day The Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical is the name, ergonomics is the game.

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Prime Day Prices are high for storage right now. Here's the best way to save a little cash.

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Prime Day It's rough out there but there are still ways to save.

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News Sign up before then for a chance to buy a Steam Machine sometime this year.

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News Valve admits its higher than hoped: "Our original goal for the price… is no longer viable."

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Prime Day There goes that price premium...

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Deal Just don't expect the lowest latency for gaming. For listening to music or watching movies, however, they're great.

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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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Deal A decent saving on RAM is hard to come by these days.

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Deal That's better value than most, at a time when everything sucks.

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News The HS 360 is smaller and a little more convenient compared to the HS 420.

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NAS Queen I'm running a NAS and loving it.

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Talking chairs I speak with Ian Ang about building a gaming chair company at the company's Singapore office.

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Sort your posture It only took talking to an esports medicine expert to make me realise where I was going wrong.

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