Jacob Fox

Jacob Fox

Hardware Writer

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

A screenshot of a lip-syncing robot from a YouTube video
No, AI, you are not human: Microsoft's code of practice for artificial intelligence actually gives me some hope for the industry

By Jacob Fox Published

News A fool's hope, perhaps.

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PC Gamer's own RTX 5080 FE with fading serial number and other label info on the PCIe bracket.
Serial numbers on RTX Founders Edition graphics cards, including PC Gamer's very own, are fading and apparently it's causing a problem with RMA requests

By Jacob Fox Published

News If true, that could make for some expensive paperweights.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the phone with President Trump on the All-In Podcast.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump he agrees the AI doomsayers are perpetrating a hoax: 'you saw through all of that'

By Jacob Fox Published

News On slowing down AI, the CEO says Nvidia is "not going to let that happen."

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Thermal Grizzly copper plate
Someone made a copper gaming PC Frankensteined out of an old blowtorch and other assorted parts and is 'just going to let it tarnish over time'

By Jacob Fox Published

News It lives!

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A mini fan cube by Corsair, the 3D printable files for which are at Printables.
'No fuss, no greater meaning, only fans': Corsair shares 3D print files for its April Fools mini fan cube

By Jacob Fox Published

News Need I say more?

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Asus TUF A14 (2025) gaming laptop with RTX 5060 GPU
PSA: Keep social media trends away from your laptops, unless you want broken hinges

By Jacob Fox Published

News One Redditor found this out the hard way.

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A Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike's mouse click speed being tested on a machine by Finalmouse.
Finalmouse claims its mouse has the absolute fastest click, quicker than the Logitech Superstrike and Razer Viper V4 Pro

By Jacob Fox Published

News "The fastest button input we've measured in a consumer electronic device."

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Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks at the Nvidia GTC event on the sidelines of Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, June 1, 2026.
Nvidia is reportedly being investigated by the DOJ over its biggest ever deal, a $20 billion non-exclusive agreement with Groq

By Jacob Fox Published

News Apparently the deal might have been structured to avoid the usual automatic scrutiny.

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A Corsair TC80 gaming chair in a room next to a gaming PC, desk, and guitar.
Corsair's new de-gamefied gaming chair is actually much more affordable than I thought

By Jacob Fox Published

News The Corsair TC80 is cheaper than our best budget pick.

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TecLab measuring the amps and voltage of an RTX 5090 running on 8-pin cables via a mod.
'Where is Nvidia? Call Nvidia, guys': Meltgate be damned, modders discover RTX 5090 can use 8-pin connectors after all

By Jacob Fox Published

News The connectors seem to run fine above spec.

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A screenshot from Microsoft showing the new Windows Recovery Environment option to use 'cloud rebuilt' to reset your Windows 11 PC.
No more USB installation: Windows 11 Insiders now able to fully reset their system via cloud download even when the OS won't boot

By Jacob Fox Published

News It's called 'cloud rebuild' in the Windows Recovery Environment.

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Emoji hands waving goodbye to the Windows 10 wallpaper
Switzerland trials ditching Microsoft and using free and open-source software, available for 'around 3,000 employees' from the end of 2027

By Jacob Fox Published

News The European country joins some others in moving away from Microsoft 365.

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A couple of Wooting 80HE+ keyboards.
Our absolute favourite gaming keyboard, the Wooting 80HE, is getting a BIG KNOB, improved switches, and more

By Jacob Fox Published

News This could become the new best gaming keyboard.

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General view of office building of Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) in Shanghai, China, on August 24.2026 (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images) on the left. View of the ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) factory on the outskirts of Beijing on July 27, 2026 (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images) on the right.
Chinese memory makers have reportedly stocked up on enough western DUV machines for the next three years of expansion

By Jacob Fox Published

News More chips!

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A SteelSeries Aeon Pro controller.
SteelSeries throws everything but the kitchen sink in the feature list of its Aeon Pro controller

By Jacob Fox Published

News It can seamlessly switch between Xbox and PC, but is very expensive.

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Intel's first High NA EUV tool set up.
Big chipmakers are already committed to using ASML's next-generation production technology by as soon as 2028

By Jacob Fox Published

News High NA EUV and even 12-inch photomasks.

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Horizon from Apex Legends on the left, and the crash report on the right.
AMD update fixes Apex Legends crashes with RX 9070 XT GPUs

By Jacob Fox Last updated

News You have to install the update manually.

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A leaked render of the Logitech G Pro X3 Superstrike from a video on Amazon, showing a +50% battery life stat.
Oops, looks like the Logitech X3 Superstrike has leaked on Amazon and the rapid trigger gaming mouse will have +50% battery life

By Jacob Fox Published

News I don't think this was meant to be shown so early.

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A Razer Goliathus V2 Pro Control, Zowie H-SR III, and Steelseries QcK Performance Control mouse pad, layered on a desk.
I've spent four months testing control pads in Counter-Strike and I've finally settled on my fave

By Jacob Fox Published

Stopping power Tactical FPS players will want to check this out.

Stopping power
An MSI Crosshair 16 Max HX E2W gaming laptop.
MSI Crosshair 16 Max HX E2W review

By Jacob Fox Published

Score: 69% Great mid-range performance, but most certainly at a cost.

Score: 69%
A sad face next to a gaming PC on a desk, indicative of our times.
I've checked gaming PC deals every week for two years and I'm not exaggerating when I say there isn't a single well-priced PC left

By Jacob Fox Published

Doom 'n' gloom Even AMD builds are now depressing to look at.

Doom 'n' gloom
An MSI Stealth 16 AI+ gaming laptop.
MSI Stealth 16 AI+ B3W review

By Jacob Fox Published

Score: 80% Hella nice, but hella expensive. Thanks, 2026.

Score: 80%
Three Asus ROG OLED monitors, showing the difference between TrueBlack Glossy and other coatings
OLED gaming monitors have finally gotten so good that a Counter-Strike 2 tournament is using one

By Jacob Fox Published

News The Asus ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace is the first OLED to make it into a CS2 Major.

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An AMD processor on the left and an Intel processor on the right.
Both AMD and Intel's desktop CPU sales are falling off a cliff but Ryzen is falling a little slower

By Jacob Fox Published

News Desktop processors aren't selling as well as they were, I wonder why.

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Two handheld gaming PCs on a yellow background with the PC Gamer Recommended badge in the top right
Best handheld gaming PC in 2026: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Portable PC PC gaming is officially portable now, and these handheld gaming PCs are the best around.

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