
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

Zotac claims the 'very survival of graphics card manufacturers' is at risk thanks to the state of the market right now
By Jacob Fox published
News It's not just us consumers feeling the burn.

Mozilla is looking for 'Pioneers' to come up with new tools for 'the next version of the web', which is open-source but of course centred around AI
By Jacob Fox published
News The champions of the 'modern AI browser' have a vision.

Intel Panther Lake continues snapping up victories as the Forza Horizon 6 system requirements list the integrated Arc B390 GPU
By Jacob Fox published
News That's alongside a bunch of discrete GPUs.

Logitech has raised the price of its already-too-expensive G PowerPlay 2 charging mouse pad
By Jacob Fox published
News My word.

Lenovo might bring AMD's monster Strix Halo iGPU and Nvidia's N1X to gaming laptops soon if this recent listing is anything to go by
By Jacob Fox published
News Could we finally see a Strix Halo device worth buying?

Pulsar X2 CrazyLight Medium review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 79% A premium lightweight rodent facing stiff competition.

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2026: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage
By Jacob Fox last updated
SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.

Best external hard drives in 2026: 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.

Best Steam Deck accessories in 2026: These are the add-ons that I'd let keep my handheld company on its travels
By Katie Wickens last updated
Decked out These are the best Steam Deck accessories to pair with your handheld gaming PC—peripherals, power, and protection.

Best mouse pads for gaming in 2026: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Slick The best mouse pads offer slick mouse movement and awesome aesthetics, no matter what surface you prefer.

QPAD Flux 65 Model 5 review
By Jacob Fox published
Score: 87% QPAD re-enters the market with a wonderful little clacker.

Best gaming desk in 2026: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
By Dave James last updated
Top Desks We've chosen the best gaming desks based on hours of playing on both sitting and standing desks, just to see which is worth your money.

Explainer: The RAMpocalypse is making memory, SSDs, and even GPUs much more expensive, and it's all down to AI
By Jacob Fox last updated
Memory blues Here's all we know about skyrocketing memory prices and what's causing it.

CES 2026 might have been a damp squib in many areas but not when it comes to gaming monitors
By Jacob Fox published
CES 2026 We have a lot to look forward to this year from pixel-packed panels.

Micron says it's not to blame for its high memory prices: 'There's just not enough supply to go around'
By Jacob Fox published
News I can't say I disagree, really. The problem is AI.

Looks like the EU is getting serious about open source, which could eventually spell good news for Linux and hopefully gaming distros
By Jacob Fox published
News Open all roads to open source software, I say.

Linux researcher and developer says 'there are bugs in your kernel right now that won't be found for years. I know because I analyzed 125,183 of them'
By Jacob Fox published
News What's bug's scarier than a spider? That's right, a Linux bug 😱

Asus is now implementing 'strategic price adjustments' and retailers are already hiking prices for laptops from other brands
By Jacob Fox published
News No doubt a sign of things to come.

Corsair's latest mouse pad is just begging to have my greasy fingers all over it
By Jacob Fox published
CES 2026 Kidding, I have far too much respect for the humble mouse pad for that.

These $200 audiophile earbuds mix planar and dynamic drivers and they look like they might actually be decent for gaming
By Jacob Fox published
CES 2026 Low-latency mode and some planar drivers in there, too.

Lenovo's latest rollable screen concept laptop has finally got its rolly polly the right way around
By Jacob Fox published
CES 2026 Left to right, not up to down.

MSI announces the 'most powerful gaming laptop on the planet' in the form of the 300 W RTX 5090 Raider 16 Max HX
By Jacob Fox published
CES 2026 Most powerful, so presumably most expensive, too?

AMD and Nvidia talking up local AI for consumers could be bad news for those ChatGPT subscriptions but good news for us PC gamers
By Jacob Fox published
CES 2026 Also, the glass is half full.
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