
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 (result pending a patiently awaited viva exam) 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 the world's #1 PC Gaming site full-time. It's definitely not an ego thing, he assures us.
Latest articles by Jacob Fox

This ginormous caricature of a U cooler screen just about sums up Computex 2025, I think
By Jacob Fox published
Computex And you'd better believe I'm here for it.

If the endless stream of AIOs with big screens coming out of Computex is making your air cooler jealous, Tryx has you covered
By Jacob Fox published
Computex Finally, a screen for the better element.

This retro PC case has a big red button and a turnkey and it hits me square in the chest with nostalgia
By Jacob Fox published
Computex *Looks into the sky and thinks about the flash games era*

Fear not, RTX 50-series owners, because ASRock's new PSUs have extra thermal sensors to shut off overheating GPU power cables
By Jacob Fox published
Computex It should hopefully combat melty connectors.

Looks like the latest Nvidia driver has given some RTX 5080 and 5090 laptops a little performance boost
By Jacob Fox published
News TGP to the max.

All hail the biggest PC case to ever grace my eyes, a true monument to Prometheus and other gods of unfathomable technology
By Jacob Fox published
Computex It is a very big PC case.

Lian Li's new Rotation PSU has a power connector that swivels and I too have been asking, why?
By Jacob Fox published
Computex Why, you ask? Allow me to explain.

'It's not just a gimmick': Noctua is working with Pulsar on a gaming mouse that has a fan in it to cool your sweaty palm
By Jacob Fox published
Computex Cool.

The Scuf Envision Pro and non-Pro will finally get Hall effect from May 29, and if you already own a non-HE one you'll get a free calibration buff
By Jacob Fox published
Computex And I should think so, too, for that price!

The new SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 is the perfect reminder of the benefits of removable batteries in gaming mice
By Jacob Fox published
News Gaming like it's 2010 again

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2025: 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.

Here's how US tariffs have affected PC gaming hardware, from paused shipments to new investments
By Jacob Fox published
Tariffic Here are the latest effects of tariffs on the PC hardware industry.

Nvidia might launch a GeForce RTX 5080 Super/Ti with 24 GB of VRAM sooner than we thought
By Jacob Fox published
News Before year's end? I suppose we'll see.

Don't tease me like that, Intel: Commenters on X are told to 'stay tuned' for Arc B770 news under a post about Computex
By Jacob Fox published
News If it's not announced at Computex then you got us good.

AMD all but confirms the RX 9060 XT will be announced on May 21
By Jacob Fox published
News All render and no reference card, either.

This is the ugliest GPU I've seen in a long, long time and weirdly I think I want one
By Jacob Fox published
News Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

If you're into ambient rainfall sounds, why not use headphones with 'two half-gallon basins' and plenty of real water sloshing around everywhere
By Jacob Fox published
News An authentic rainfall experience.

Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS
By Jacob Fox published
News Could this be the year of Linux for gaming?

The latest Nvidia driver lets you run ancient Us in Windows again without crashing
By Jacob Fox published
News Now you can get that cursed PC build up and running.

Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.

Here's how long it would take 12 RTX 5090 GPUs to crack your … and a reminder that just adding more characters still works
By Jacob Fox last updated
News Try to go for 18 characters or more.

I never thought I'd say this about Alienware but its new Aurora laptops show we're truly in the sleek and smart era
By Jacob Fox published
News Does that mean 'stylish' or 'boring' to you?

One US politician wants to add trackers to Nvidia's GPUs so they can be bricked if they go to China
By Jacob Fox published
News Very James Bond, I like it.
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