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
Havn HS 420 VGPU PC case review
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Havn it large One of the best ways to show off your build.
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming chair
By Jacob Ridley published
Saddle up I've been testing gaming chairs for seven years, and here's what I always tell people looking to buy one.
As if I wasn't already struggling with Arrow Lake's price, AMD is having a big sale on its most recent 9000-series CPUs
By Jacob Ridley published
Deal From $584 16-core monsters to $233 six-core savers.
AMD's top Ryzen AI mobile chip featuring Zen 5 and a juiced GPU is headed to a handheld gaming PC next month
By Jacob Ridley published
News The handheld I've been dreaming of since my hands-on with the HX 370.
What the heck, my BIOS screen is 1080p now
By Jacob Ridley published
News Asus has upgraded its BIOS screens to 1080p, starting with X870/E motherboards.
Mouse, keyboard or headset? Try to guess the Logitech product from the model name alone in our silly little quiz
By Jacob Ridley published
News Difficulty: hard (unless you work at Logitech).
This streamer's Twitch chat can actively ruin his game by activating a modded headset that temporarily blinds him or setting off an IRL jumpscare
By Jacob Ridley published
News Let him cook, chat.
This new keyboard built with switches also used in ATMs across Japan has led me down a rabbit hole of typing championships where contestants compete for a golden keyboard
By Jacob Ridley published
News Ever heard of Topre keys? They're the king.
Ayaneo Flip DS review
By Jacob Ridley published
Clever clamshell A compact clamshell containing everything you need for gaming on the go.
Best PC joysticks: these are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
By Dave James last updated
Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.
This computer built inside Minecraft has 1,107,419 blocks, over 15 million views on TikTok, and all started 'for the fun of it'
By Jacob Ridley published
Bits 'n' blocks "How do I surpass building a massive calculator? My answer to that question was to build a 32-bit computer," says creator Ryan Boulds.
The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.
Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs deliver 'one of the largest power reductions Intel has seen in quite some time' but may fall short of 14900K in some games
By Jacob Ridley published
News Intel talks Arrow Lake—price, performance and power savings for the less bendy chips of the next generation.
October Prime Day PC gaming deals
By Dave James last updated
Prime Day Deals We're into the second day of Big Deal Days PC gaming energy, but don't be surprised to see the discounts carry on through the rest of the week.
October Prime Day graphics card deals
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Prime Day Deals That's Prime day done and dusted, but there are still GPU deals to be snapped up.
October Prime Day gaming monitor deals
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Prime Day Deals Whether you're looking for the best deal on an OLED ultrawide, a 32-inch IPS or a little 1080p cutie, we've got you covered.
I asked Amazon's AI to show me the best Prime Day deals and thankfully I'm still better at this than a bot
By Jacob Ridley published
Prime Day deals Rufus is trying to tread on my patch. So, let's see if it's actually any good.
2 TB under $100: This is the best Prime Day SSD deal I've found to expand your Steam library on the cheap. Just $0.05/GB
By Jacob Ridley published
Prime Day deals This Silicon Power NVMe SSD offers superb value for mass game storage.
This gaming headset is best for blocking out unwanted noise and it's made a little more affordable with $100 off this Prime Day
By Jacob Ridley published
Prime Day Deals The AceZone A-Spire features excellent active noise cancellation and competitive gaming chops.
These two superb ROG gaming keyboards cover most PC gamer's needs and both are discounted by $37 or more for Prime Day
By Jacob Ridley published
Prime Day Deals Take your pick from these two top-tier gaming keyboards in 2024.
Prime Day has knocked $50 off the Corsair gaming chair I rate as the best on a budget even at full price, now just $200
By Jacob Ridley published
Prime Day Deals This TC100 gaming chair has become a bit of a budget hero.
This RTX 4070 Ti Super is down to a new low price of $750 for Prime Day as the next-gen looms large
By Jacob Ridley published
Prime Day Deals Come on Nvidia and co., you can clear shelves even faster if you drop prices more.
I reckon Alienware has already dropped the best October Prime Day gaming PC deal with this inexplicably cheap RTX 4070 Ti Super rig
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Prime Day deals Alienware has slashed the price of its Aurora R16 even more over the weekend, just in time for the Big Deal Days this week.
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