
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

It looks like Intel might ditch regular E-cores for its upcoming Core 300 laptop chips
By Jacob Fox published
News The upcoming low-power processors might not make for the best gaming chips.

Oracle, darling of the AI boom, is reportedly laying off around 10,000 people
By Jacob Fox published
News There has been a "significant reduction in force."

If you want to crank tons more gaming performance out of the Apple MacBook Neo, apparently a custom water cooling loop works
By Jacob Fox published
News Required equipment includes a 3D printer, a CNC mill, and some guts.

Web-code library with millions of weekly downloads poisoned by malicious release: 'This is unironically a malware nuclear missile'
By Jacob Fox published
News Developers using Axios are recommended to check for exposure.

This tool tells you exactly how much your latency could improve by changing your mouse's polling rate
By Jacob Fox published
News 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 8 kHz: Hopefully, we can soon settle the score.

Forget Doom, how about a Prince of Persia port on a Flipper Zero
By Jacob Fox published
News Prince of Arabia has gone from Arduino port to Flipper Zero port.

In the long list of awful things AI might lead to we can also add killing open-source software
By Jacob Fox published
News Assuming nothing's done to prevent this copyright circumvention technique.

Pearl Abyss says to roll back your GPU driver if you're struggling to get Crimson Desert working on your ROG Xbox Ally X
By Jacob Fox published
News Though a fix is seemingly in the works.

Linux kernel maintainer says AI has suddenly become useful for devs: 'We can't ignore this stuff. It's coming up, and it's getting better'
By Jacob Fox published
News Though that's primarily for security reports and code reviews at the moment.

Google says its new algorithm reduces AI memory overhead by 6x which could be good news for the RAMpocalypse but bad news for Micron and co
By Jacob Fox published
News Stock prices for the big three memory makers have already slid.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says of AI that 'open is not a thing, it’s proprietary and open', sparking a conversation about bot orchestras
By Jacob Fox published
News It's happened, the AI bros think they're conducting symphonies.

AMD announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition: a CPU with a mighty 208 MB of cache aimed at game devs
By Jacob Fox published
News "Where the 9950X3D2 really shines is in workloads that thrive on ultra-fast data access."

Trump appoints Nvidia's Jensen Huang, AMD's Lisa Su, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and more to science and technology advisory committee
By Jacob Fox published
News Comprised of 'distinguished individuals and representatives from sectors outside of the Federal Government appointed by the President.'

2026 is shaping up to be a golden year for gaming mice, as Razer's battery-boosting FrameSync adds more goodies to the pot
By Jacob Fox published
News I want to see all future gaming mice with this tech.

UK regulators explain what 'highly effective' age assurance for the Online Safety Act actually means
By Jacob Fox published
News Well, kind of. It still seems a little vague, to be honest.

Razer's web-based gaming mouse and keyboard software remains 'in Beta while development continues' despite support for the Viper V4 Pro
By Jacob Fox last updated
News Don't expect an extensive list of supported mice.

The Forza Horizon 6 system requirements are in and it's good news for older PCs and handhelds
By Jacob Fox published
News Even handhelds should get a fair shake.

Razer's new Viper V4 Pro could be as big of a deal for competitive gamers as the Logitech Superstrike, even without those haptic clicks
By Jacob Fox published
News The previous V3 Pro is the mouse that's most-used by pro gamers.

The FCC says foreign routers 'pose an unacceptable risk' and now require special approval to be sold in the US
By Jacob Fox published
News Such routers will be able to have 'conditional' approval.

Intel VP says future sockets should last longer and support more CPU generations
By Jacob Fox last updated
News This could make Nova Lake a platform really worth investing in.

Microsoft might actually make Windows 11 good as the company promises to roll back AI features and improve performance
By Jacob Fox published
News Rubs eyes with an audible squeak.

Gaming mouse software should stay out of your way and it's the smaller manufacturers that seem to have received that memo
By Jacob Fox published
Squeakware Though the bigger brands are learning.

The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2026: 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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