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
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 in 2024: 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.
Best UK October Prime Day PC gaming deals
By Nick Evanson last updated
Prime Day Deals And it's not just Amazon dropping the prices on everything PC gaming.
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.
Google's AI generated a 'podcast' from one of my articles and it's incredibly convincing at mimicking humans talking
By Jacob Ridley published
The rest is bots A podcast generated in minutes by a bot—and yet I've heard worse.
Razer's bringing good vibrations to Razercon with a $300 vibrating seat cushion
By Jacob Ridley published
News I've tried it, it was weird.
Best capture cards for PC gaming in 2024: whether it's streaming, recording, 1080p or the big 4K, these cards have you covered
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Broadcast Show off your greatest gaming moments with the best capture cards.
I'm trembling at the potential power of a 21,760-core RTX 5090. And the price. Actually mostly the price
By Jacob Ridley published
Sticker shock "I'll never financially recover from this."
'This is a big deal': Meta announces neural AR glasses powered by AI and of course Nvidia's CEO showed up wearing a pair
By Jacob Ridley published
News Even Jen-Hsun Huang is impressed.
Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Quest 3S: $300 VR headset to mostly match the Quest 3, coming October 15
By Jacob Ridley published
News 'Same defining features as Quest 3', sans pancake lenses, for up to $200 less.
Here's why I'm hoping to score Lunar Lake inside my next handheld gaming PC: Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V tested in games
By Jacob Ridley published
Lunar Lands With performance and battery life figures like this, Intel's 200V-series is a firm favourite for my next pocket-sized PC purchase.
Logitech's new wheels and shifter accessories look to turn its 'Pro' wheelbase into a more serious racing kit
By Jacob Ridley published
News About time Logitech expanded the lineup.
Intel announces it will 'pause' plans for a manufacturing megafab in Germany due to ongoing money trouble
By Jacob Ridley published
News Bad news for Intel and Europe's chipmaking ambitions.
Should you buy a Steam Deck instead of a PS5 Pro? How about instead of a new car you buy a boat?—these things are not the same
By Jacob Ridley published
Apples, oranges Even as a Steam Deck fan, I'm surprised to see Valve's handheld suggested as some sort of like-for-like replacement for Sony's newest home console.
These new Asus Lunar Lake laptops with 27+ hours of battery life kinda prove it's not just x86 vs Arm when it comes to power efficiency
By Jacob Ridley published
News Intel's new Lunar Lake chips are helping Asus deliver battery life equaling, or even excelling, Qualcomm's ARM chips.
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