Latest articles by Jacob Fox
Both AMD and Intel's desktop CPU sales are falling off a cliff but Ryzen is falling a little slower
News Desktop processors aren't selling as well as they were, I wonder why.
Best handheld gaming PC in 2026: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
Portable PC PC gaming is officially portable now, and these handheld gaming PCs are the best around.
Best PC controllers in 2026: I've tested lots of gamepads and these get my recommendation
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.
Best gaming headsets in 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
Quality cans Treat your ears to some audio treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Best gaming PCs in 2026: We've tested the best current-gen gaming PCs and these are our picks
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best prebuilt gaming PC.
The new Framework 12 laptop's secret weapon is its battery life courtesy of Intel's Wildcat Lake
News Plus some extra goodies like a backlit keyboard.
OpenAI says it'd be a shame if something were to happen to your servers like what happened to Hugging Face, better use our AI models to protect yourself
News Call 1-800-ChatGPT in case of cyber emergency?
Microsoft is finally letting us turn the Windows 11 right-click context menu into something more like Windows 10
News All these years later and I still haven't adjusted. Oh, and there are File Explorer improvements, too.
Chinese RAM hits 9000 MT/s and even matches the speed and latency of the memory in our western gaming PCs
News DDR5-6000 with CL 28 or 30 sounds about right to me.
Intel might be cooking up a budget-friendly handheld chip but I'd still be surprised if it's cheap enough or fast enough to matter
News Could this take some of the sting out of the handheld market?
It looks like Windows updates might actually be speeding up the OS now
News Less AI, more performance improvements: I'm here for it.
Nvidia reckons new $500 billion investment should allay fears AI companies are just funded by the same pot of cash moving around in one big circle. Reassured yet?
News Still seems like a big bubble to me, though.
Welcome to the internet in 2026, where AI agents are both victim and attacker in malware wars
News Let's hope safeguards develop in-line with AI agent capabilities.
Best gaming monitors in 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
These could be the first leaked images of the new Logitech Superstrike, which looks rather dashing in all-black
News Much better than my attempt at a rendition, that's for sure.
Yet another sign the Steam Frame is approaching launch—maybe really for real this time?—as the SteamOS beta adds 'preliminary support' for its wireless adapter
News Valve really likes to keep up the anticipation, doesn't it?
As if PCs weren't expensive enough already, Microsoft is reportedly now charging OEMs more for Windows licenses
News Supposedly, it's a "significant increase."
A researcher says 'we just undid about 20 years of progress' when it comes to memory prices, so I broke out my calculator and compared actual RAM kits from 2007 to 2026
News Spoiler: it's not pretty.
The Steam Machine design makes for a frightfully good tissue box, and now you can 3D print your own
News Maybe useful to catch our tears over memory prices right now.
Mchose K7 V2 Ultra+ review
Score: 89% Great specs with a Viper V3/V4 Pro's shape, for less.
Minecraft Java Edition system requirements want 8/16 GB RAM for the first time, but it isn't more demanding now, Microsoft just hadn't updated the specs in a while
News The requirements are still light, but I remember what I was rockin' at launch.
AMD Zen 6 server processors have me hopeful for some beefy desktop chips—it shouldn't be too long before Zen 7 and 8 drop either
News Grab a pinch of salt, but we could be looking at some decent IPC gains.
