
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 (result pending a patiently awaited viva exam) 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

SanDisk Extreme Pro 2 TB external SSD review
By Jacob Fox published
USB4 you and me Bringing blistering USB4 speeds into the mainstream.

Here's another RTX 50-series graphics card with Noctua fans, proving once again they are catnip for PC hardware engineers
By Jacob Fox published
News Looks like this one's not for the western market, though, booooo.

October Prime Day gaming PC deals
By Jacob Fox last updated
Deals Prime Day 2025 is approaching and so are some tasty gaming PC deals.

Best Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals in the UK
By Jacob Fox last updated
Deals Amazon Prime Day 2025 is kicking off soon, and other retailers are sure to join the party with discounts of their own.

'Couldn't afford a PC so I drew one' says one Redditor after drawing a God-tier cel shaded case mod for his kids to play Minecraft on
By Jacob Fox published
News Now install that cel shaded graphics mod and you're golden.

This retro sleeper build hides one of the top mini PCs inside and I wish I had the tools and patience to game like it's the '90s
By Jacob Fox published
News Someone bring me a Dremel.

Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.

An ex-Apple Vision Pro engineer turned a Steam Deck into an all-in-one keyboard for XR, and now you can too
By Jacob Fox published
News Though I'd still be using it for gaming myself.

MSI's latest BIOS update hints at new AMD CPUs and I'm hoping it's Strix Point APUs coming to desktop
By Jacob Fox published
News Or Gorgonzola Poi- sorry, Gorgon Point.

Jurassic World Evolution 3's system requirements are graciously breezy and don't require a dino-sized SSD
By Jacob Fox published
News Prehistoric rigs rejoice.

Some RTX 50-series gamers with EVGA motherboards are having to physically tape their graphics cards to boot up their PC
By Jacob Fox published
News Nothing a bit of tape won't fix, eh?

Razer's first barebones kit is a big win for keyboard nerds and is cheaper than Corsair's new one
By Jacob Fox published
News This could be the start of a healthy customisable gaming keyboard scene.

US aviation is another industry looking to finally wave goodbye to frightfully persistent floppy disks
By Jacob Fox published
News And paper, too?

Best external hard drives in 2025: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures
By Nick Evanson last updated
TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.

A fresh benchmark for Nvidia's unannounced consumer APU suggests it's coming for Intel and AMD's finest and is maybe close to production-ready
By Jacob Fox published
News The DGX Spark silicon could soon be brought to consumer laptops.

I spoke with Arm about PC gaming and was told that Windows software compatibility is 'largely a solved problem'
By Jacob Fox published
News But the future of Windows on Arm gaming will depend on developers.

Nothing Ear (a) review
By Jacob Fox published
Stylish buds Lovely earbuds for almost everything except gaming.

Nvidia's research boss claims the company's Chinese AI researchers are now writing programs for Huawei instead and is blaming the US chip exports
By Jacob Fox published
News But is Nvidia really worried?

AMD claims 'regional market demand' is why we've seen few 8 GB RX 9060 XT reviews, implying low VRAM isn't really for the West
By Jacob Fox published
News Nvidia had previously told us similar about the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB.

This tech DIYer swapped their graphics card's cooling for a CPU cooler because why not? Also it actually works
By Jacob Fox published
News I don't know whether I'd recommend doing this on an RTX 5090, though.

I've been gaming with Razer's new wireless charging mouse pad and I'm glad there's finally serious competition for Logitech
By Jacob Fox published
News About that price, though…

Spot the connector: Gigabyte's new graphics card design lets you hide your power cable even if you don't have a back-connect motherboard
By Jacob Fox published
News It seems clean build designs are the name of the game in 2025.

The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2025: These are the buds I'd allow to whisper sweet nothings into my ears
By Dave James last updated
Budding gamers So you finally managed to bag a Steam Deck or ROG Ally, now what are the best gaming earbuds to go with it?
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