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

By Jacob Fox Published
News Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Thankfully there's already a fix out.

By Phil Savage Published
Class of 2026 PC Gamer's annual list of the 100 best PC games you can play—updated for 2026

By Jacob Fox last updated
Black Friday Black November is here, Black Friday is just around the corner, and these are the best gaming PC discounts I've spotted.

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deals Our simple advice: don't pay full price for a gaming PC.

By Dave James last updated
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.

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Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

By Jacob Ridley last updated
Portable PC PC gaming is officially portable now, and these handheld gaming PCs are the best around.

By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some audio treacle with the best gaming headsets.

By Jacob Fox Published
News Humanoid robots will still consume only a sliver of the RAM AI does.

By Jacob Fox Published
still strong Though upscaling is somewhat of a requirement if you're at 1440p.

By Jacob Fox Published
Optimised Upscaling can also help a bunch, of course.

By Jacob Fox Published
News TPM and Secure Boot requirements strike again.

By Dave James last updated
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

By Jacob Fox last updated
Memory blues Here's all we know about skyrocketing memory prices and what's causing it.

By Jacob Fox Published
News This will be deemed a win-win for the US economy and national security.

By Jacob Fox Published
News Sometimes persistence does win out.

By Jacob Fox Published
News It could be updated through the Microsoft Store.

By Jacob Fox Published
News The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is not a cheap chip.

By Jacob Fox Published
News Now listen, I'm no designer, but...

By Jacob Fox Published
News A 65 W Ultra 9 Nova Lake chip with BLLC is reportedly on the way.

By Jacob Fox Published
News 'Cheap' being a relative term, of course.

By Jacob Fox Published
News And more modest but still significant boosts in other games.

By Jacob Fox Published
News Hopefully it's a currency/market quirk.
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