Jacob Ridley
Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog, before graduating to breaking things professionally at PCGamesN, where he was one half of a popular weekly YouTube show. Joining PC Gamer in 2020, Jacob is now managing editor of the hardware team, and you'll usually find him testing the latest components or building a gaming PC. He says he's determined to build a fort as big as a house out of case boxes. Jacob enjoys heading out of the office to report from floors, benches, and, if he's lucky, plush press rooms at the biggest tech shows, such as Computex and CES.
When he's not writing about components, you'll find Jacob trying to get away from the modern world as fast as possible by bike and pitching up camp in murky woods.
Latest articles by Jacob Ridley

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Build it A mighty air cooler from Cooler Master is the star of the show.

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Broadcast Show off your greatest gaming moments with the best capture cards.

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Score: 76% Planar magnetic drivers with epic sound isolation.

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Help out I choo-choo-choose you.

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Cut it out Listen.

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Score: 80% An excellent Alienware chassis over top-tier components.

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Score: 67% A cheaper screen than most, but not quite there in other ways.

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News A golden PC is now on the cards, or at the very least spread across many expensive monthly payments.

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Score: 85% Simple, easy, and affordable.

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News The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly impede Wikipedia’s operations."

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News That was one way to force Intel to the negotiating table...

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Gripes week I asked the team to nourish my black heart with their Windows pain and I'm kinda going hungry here.

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Secure Boot It's a Windows thing.

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Gripes Week It's Gripes Week at PC Gamer, and I'm taking aim at the thing I enjoy the most in my job: PC building.

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Easy clone It's Clonezilla.

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Verified "They are over exposing data to prove a simple point, but there are ample alternatives."

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News Could it at least roll out a better system that values protecting user data?

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News The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.

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News The ambitious project was a win for Europe. Now it's resigned to wishful thinking.

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Top pick At a great price, too.

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News This is moments after Trump admitted he hadn't even heard of Nvidia at a point during his presidency.
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