Jacob Ridley
Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things as hardware writer at PCGamesN, where he was one half of a popular weekly YouTube show. He would go on to run the team as hardware editor before joining PC Gamer's world-class staff as senior hardware editor. Today, he's managing editor of the hardware team, and you'll find him spending his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industries. He's found reporting from floors, benches, and, if he's lucky, plush press rooms at the biggest tech shows, such as Computex and CES. But more often than not he's hunched over the office test bench evaluating the newest PC components.
When he's not writing about GPUs and CPUs, you'll find Jacob trying to get as far away from the modern world as possible by wild camping.
Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
The plucky Raspberry Pi 5 gets the full liquid treatment with this slightly absurd water cooling kit
By Jacob Ridley published
News You need to have a pretty good reason to want to liquid cool a Raspberry Pi.
Elon Musk's Neuralink has stuck a device in someone's brain and he's already talking up its theoretical uses: 'Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist'
By Jacob Ridley published
News Transhumanism can wait. For now, Neuralink's first human patient is "recovering well".
MSI's new Claw handheld goes head to head with Lenovo and Asus at $700
By Jacob Ridley published
News Though you only get the pared back Intel Meteor Lake chip for that money.
Best power supply for PC gaming in 2024
By Aristeidis Bitziopoulos last updated
Power play Watt's the best power supply unit for PC gaming? Best PSU puns, FTW!
The PC's greatest nemesis was born 40 years ago today
By Jacob Ridley published
News The Apple Macintosh was unveiled on this day 40 years ago, but ignoring the PC/Mac feud it's an awesome piece of tech worth celebrating.
'The key thing is that the good guys have better AIs than the bad guys' says Microsoft founder Bill Gates on the threat from artificial intelligence
By Jacob Ridley published
News 'If the good guys' cyber defence AI is as good or better than the bad guys' cyber attack AI, then that's a good situation.'
Secretlab's launching a slightly cheaper version of the excellent Titan Evo, starting at $449
By Jacob Ridley published
News The Titan Lite is stripped of a couple features to shave a modicum of expense.
Lenovo Legion Go review
By Jacob Ridley published
On the Go A handheld gaming PC made bigger, which makes sense once you detach the controllers and sit back.
Disney looks to have figured out a limitless VR floor prototype that's a careful step towards a real-world holodeck
By Jacob Ridley published
News They call it the HoloTile and it's up and running over at Disney Research.
GitHub has a copy of every open source project in its database during 2020 located deep inside a frozen mine
By Jacob Ridley published
News Humans may go, but open source lives forever.
The best PC cases in 2024: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming builds
By Dave James last updated
Best Case You'll want the best PC case if you're building your perfect gaming PC.
Low-profile memory module headed to laptops might be destined for desktops too
By Jacob Ridley published
News The CAMM2 memory module standard would effectively replace 'sticks' of RAM in laptops. Maybe some desktops, too.
After a deluge of AI-powered products CES 2024 is making it tougher than ever to define what AI actually is
By Jacob Ridley published
AI, eh? Algorithms, automation, and smart features—what does it really mean to have a product powered by AI?
I just played Lies of P on Samsung's glasses-free 3D gaming monitor—and it definitely beats a 3D TV
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 Lies of P looks darn good in 3D.
I saw many gaming laptops at CES 2024 but the redesigned Zephyrus G14 is my pick of the bunch
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 A change worth making.
AMD believes it has the upper hand over Nvidia in upscaling thanks to driver-based frame gen: 'they're probably going to need to do something similar'
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 As Nvidia and AMD continue to trade blows, AMD's Aaron Steinman thinks Nvidia may need to change tack.
MSI built its own version of a Founders Edition for the RTX 4080 Super and it's just as hilariously large
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 MSI is borrowing the best bits of Nvidia's FE design.
Motherboards with hidden connectors are shaping up to be one of few fun concepts that make it mainstream
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 Us PC gamers might just be vain enough to make these tidy and clean motherboards a thing.
Melted GPU power connectors shouldn't be something to worry about with these new PSUs and connectors at CES 2024
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 Let's hope these solve the melty-connector problem once and for all.
I don't know whether to be afraid or impressed by this PCIe 5.0 SSD with a tiny liquid cooler attached
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 Friggin' SSDs with friggin' liquid coolers.
I spoke to an Nvidia AI-powered NPC about his ramen and his responses were frighteningly good
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 Ramen, chit chat and AI-powered people.
Nvidia's G-Sync Pulsar hopes to banish a form of motion blur that's plagued PC gaming for years
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 All the while maintaining fully variable refresh rates.
Intel to roll out 14th Gen's game optimization software to older 12/13th Gen hybrid CPUs after all
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 That's an unexpected change of heart.
Intel rounds out the Raptor Lake Refresh CPU lineup with a few cheaper chips though some are still basically Alder Lake
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2024 Also now officially announced are the latest 14th Gen HX mobile chips that'll occupy space alongside newer, more exciting Meteor Lake chips.
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