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 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

SteelSeries QcK Performance mouse pad review
By Jacob Fox published
Smooth as butter Top-notch competitive gaming performance for a price.

AI will be crammed in more of the graphics pipeline as Nvidia and Microsoft are bringing AI shading to a DirectX preview next month
By Jacob Fox published
News Neural rendering might be the name of the game in future.

Looks like a reference design AMD RX 9070 XT card has shown up in China, but let's not get carried away with thoughts of MBA cards just yet
By Jacob Fox published
News Looks like an engineering sample.

'This is essentially a fraudulent project': Some scientists are firing shots at Microsoft's recent quantum computing claims
By Jacob Fox published
News Major majorana disputes, here.

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.

XFX is letting you add customisable 3D printed wings to its Quicksilver RX 9070-series graphics cards
By Jacob Fox published
News It's even okay with you selling your RX 9070 Quicksilver mods.

Some Sapphire RX 9070/9070 XT graphics cards have hard-to-spot foam inside that must be removed or it 'may result in a decrease in cooling capacity or product failure'
By Jacob Fox published
News No logo on the foam.

The SteelSeries QcK Performance series has reignited my excitement over the simple pleasure of a quality mouse pad… and trying to click skulls with pinpoint accuracy
By Jacob Fox published
Premium glide Time to party like it's 2012 and pretend I don't have an old man's reaction time.

Screw waiting for GPU restocks, with an AMD RX 9070 gaming PC going for as cheap as this I'd hop on the pre-built bandwagon
By Jacob Fox published
Deal You might want to upgrade that RAM and storage, though.

AMD Radeon RX 9070-series launch day live: The promise of a ton of reference priced stock is a tantalising one but likely won't last long
By Jacob Fox last updated
Live! AMD's impressive new cards are out today, and have had since January to shore up stock in the channel, and we'll be keeping an eye on how that pans out.

Looks like we won't be seeing Western Digital SSDs in our gaming PCs as the company hands the reins back over to SanDisk
By Jacob Fox published
News The reins have officially been handed over to SanDisk.

Nvidia RTX 5070 launch day live: Heaps of non-MSRP cards and a handful of MSRP ones released today, but surprise surprise, stocks are low
By Jacob Fox last updated
Live I'm keeping this page up-to-date with all the latest RTX 5070 listings and prices in the US and UK.

The Logitech G PowerPlay charging mouse pad was my baby and now there's a new version with a lower MSRP, thinner mat, and larger charging area
By Jacob Fox last updated
News Looks like more of a sidegrade.

Best Steam Deck accessories in 2025: 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.

I was wrong, the Logitech G PowerPlay 2 charging mouse pad isn't smaller than the first one, it's just the official dimensions were listed incorrectly since 2021
By Jacob Fox published
News Lessons all around, I guess.

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC is about as cheap as we've seen so far, and it's got me all nostalgic for PC prices long past
By Jacob Fox published
Deal It's not cheap, but it's a fair price tag for an all-round high-end machine.

Amidst a barren GPU market and talk of 'supply constraints', Nvidia's end-of-year earnings call gives a glimmer of hope for RTX 50-series graphics card stocks this quarter
By Jacob Fox published
News Tentatively hopeful.

Maingear CEO says the company has had 'zero GPUs with missing ROPs', so maybe Nvidia's talk of a rare 'early production build' problem isn't just handwaving
By Jacob Fox published
News A rare issue is better than a prevalent one, but no issue at all would be better.

GPU manufacturer Yeston's done the unthinkable by dunking its new 'Atlantis' RX 9070 XT graphics card in the ocean
By Jacob Fox published
News Keep 👏 your 👏 GPUs 👏 dry.

Your next chance to secure an RTX 50-series graphics card at launch could be a 16 GB variant of the RTX 5060 Ti next month
By Jacob Fox published
News That's the latest rumour, though will Nvidia stick to plan when the 9070-series launches?

RTX 50-series black screen issues should finally be fixed this week in an official Nvidia driver update
By Jacob Fox published
News VBIOS fixes are now here, too, so we should see more actually usable RTX 50-series cards. Neat.

The RTX 50-series might make 'high-end pricing' seem like an understatement but at least there are still reasonably priced entry-level builds out there like this one
By Jacob Fox published
Deal Don't underestimate the humble RTX 4060.

Best mouse pads for gaming in 2025: 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.
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