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 from Alan Wake 2 showing the main character walking down a street.
Full path tracing might not be such a GPU hog in future, as Nvidia claims over 2x performance improvements in new research

By Jacob Fox Published

News It could mean half the performance cost of path tracing.

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A white Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse
The Razer Viper V4 Pro has reminded me that few things can beat great build quality in a mouse

By Jacob Fox Published

Vibin' Viper Ultralight shells and analogue clicks are great, but so is build quality.

Vibin' Viper
An Mchose G3 V2 Pro and Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse on a green background with a PC Gamer Recommended label on the top right.
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2026: These are the cordless rodents we love getting our mitts on

By Dave James Last updated

Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.

Unbound
Dave's gaming PC on his desk
Where does your PC live? There is obviously one correct answer, can you pick it out?

By Dave James Published

Poll Don't hide your gaming light under a bushel. Or a desk.

Poll
A Razer Viper V4 Pro next to a Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike.
Logitech Superstrike vs Razer Viper V4 Pro: The battle for the competitive crown

By Jacob Fox Published

Squeak-off Pitting analogue clicks against top-tier build and performance.

Squeak-off
Holding a Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse
Razer Viper V4 Pro review

By Jacob Fox Published

Score: 95% There's a new rodent king in town.

Score: 95%
Nvidia A100 GPU
CoreWeave co-founder says even older GPUs are still rising in price and are in demand for AI servers

By Jacob Fox Published

News Though I suppose every chip this side of the moon is in demand with the AI boom.

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Starfield sci-fi game with spaceship
Apparently you can't escape Microsoft Outlook issues even in space as Artemis II astronauts ask NASA for help with the software

By Jacob Fox Published

News In space, nobody can hear the Windows error sound.

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AMD's CEO Lisa Su at CES 2020
AMD says Intel's 'interesting choices' around multithreading could help Epyc CPUs gain server market share

By Jacob Fox Published

News Well, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan did say that ditching SMT was a bad idea.

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Panther Lake
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.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: Oracle co-founder, CTO and Executive Chairman Larry Ellison listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. After signing a series of executive orders and proclamations, Trump spoke to reporters about a range of topics including recent negotiations with Mexico on tarriffs. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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."

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A water cooled Apple MacBook Neo.
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.

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Fallout hacking minigame
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.

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Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse
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.

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Prince of Arabia, a port of Prince of Persia, running on a Flipper Zero.
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.

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AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su on stage with 'AI is everywhere' in the background.
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.

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Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Ally X handheld gaming PCs
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.

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A screenshot of a video posted by Andy Nguyen on X, showing a Sony PS5 Slim running Ubuntu OS and GTA 5 Enhanced
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.

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Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, California, United States on September 26, 2022.
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.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang standing next to some AI company CEOs on stage under an Nvidia GTC banner.
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.

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An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D chip.
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."

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on a sofa next to venture capitalist and All-In Podcast host Chamath Palihapitiya
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.'

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A photo of a white Razer Viper V4 Pro wireless gaming mouse on a colorful mouse pad
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.

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A screen showing Sumsub's home page with face verification analysis.
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.

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Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse.
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.

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