
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 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

The Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike brings analogue tech to a gaming mouse for the first time and uses haptic feedback to replicate the feel of a mouse click
By Jacob Fox published
News I'm curious just how well those haptics can replicate the feel of a mouse click.

Researchers argue that 'at least 40%' of the bloated x86 ISA could be removed and emulated to improve CPU efficiency
By Jacob Fox published
News They propose a big SHRINK.

We Brits are finally getting a slice of Nvidia pie as up to 60,000 Blackwell GPUs will be heading to the UK as part of $42 billion deal with the US
By Jacob Fox published
News Any chips going spare?

Good news for Windows handhelds: Microsoft is now letting you launch installed Steam, Battle.net, and other storefront games from the Xbox app
By Jacob Fox published
News Xbox is becoming more of an all-encompassing platform.

This spicy leverless DIY kit has tiny circuit boards under each button so you can create your own rapid trigger Hitbox
By Jacob Fox published
News It doesn't come cheap, though.

This entire website is hosted on a disposable vape so think twice before throwing one in the trash
By Jacob Fox published
News Now let's get vape-based Doom up and running.

AI cloud companies have guzzled up so much HDD storage that they might be coming for our SSDs next
By Jacob Fox published
News *Smiles nervously*.

This humanoid robot is playing ping pong better than most amateur players I've seen
By Jacob Fox published
News It's even balancing like a human. When do we move into uncanny valley?

Hyte says all Thicc Q80 Trio users should 'remove the cooler from their system immediately' and get a refund after internal fault found
By Jacob Fox published
News The 'raid boss of liquid coolers' has been slain.

'This is an Xbox', Microsoft claims over an image of a car that will soon offer cloud game streaming
By Jacob Fox published
News Seems like the logical next step.

Get those Steam Decks and Legion Go S handhelds updated because Valve's just released a metric ton of fixes in the latest client
By Jacob Fox published
News How long has Valve been sitting on these?

Someone hacked AI into Animal Crossing to give villagers even more to gossip about, including Tom Nook's evil empire and Trump
By Jacob Fox published
News Tom Nook becomes enemy no.1 for the AI-powered villagers. Understandable.

One lucky Redditor has bagged a second-hand $8,000 RTX 3080 Ti Threadripper PC for a mere $32
By Jacob Fox published
News And I'm not mad about it. Nope, not one bit.

Eye scans and digital IDs to stop online bots in games: It's not quite as Orwellian as you might think but proof-of-human isn't problem-free
By Jacob Fox last updated
Machine wars Iris scans and face scans? Or do we need a "new class of solutions"?

If Microsoft wins this UK court case it might spell the end of second-hand Windows licenses
By Jacob Fox published
News Microsoft's defence is to do with "non-program" parts of the OS.

Intel reshuffle puts engineering and 'a new custom silicon business' in the spotlight but also ends a 30-year career at Intel for Product CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus
By Jacob Fox published
News Who knows what Intel will look like after it all plays out.

The latest AMD Adrenalin driver lets you turn FSR 4 on in a bunch more games but OptiScaler might still come in handy for older titles
By Jacob Fox published
News More global driver toggles, let's go.

A week after removing special status from two Korean memory manufacturers to use US tech in China, the US government is thinking about letting them go for it again, with a caveat
By Jacob Fox published
News Unpredictable seems to be the modus operandi, here.

Best capture cards for PC gaming in 2025: whether it's streaming, recording, 1080p or the big 4K, these cards have you covered
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Broadcast Show off your greatest gaming moments with the best capture cards.

Linux almost turned my Gamescom trip into a catastrophic disaster, but a Windows USB came to my rescue
By Jacob Fox published
Play it safe User error, you say?

The many-chambered PC cases at Gamescom really showed up my old banger of a chassis
By Jacob Fox published
News I can't start a new build just to use a new case... right?

Glorious is bringing an actually customisable gaming keyboard to the 'boring entry-level market'
By Jacob Fox published
News Click clack. Sorry, I mean, thck thck. Membrane, innit.
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