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

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.

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.

MSI is the first to bundle Intel's new Lunar Lake chip inside a handheld gaming PC alongside a chunky 80 Whr battery
By Jacob Ridley published
News Combining Intel's "most efficient x86 processor" with a bigger battery might be a powerful combo.

Intel says Core Ultra 9 288V leads AMD's HX 370 in games by 16%, Meteor Lake by 31% and the less said about Qualcomm the better
By Jacob Ridley published
News "I'm not going to call it a gaming CPU but, damn, it can play a game" claims Intel's Robert Hallock.

Intel says it's built 'the most efficient x86 processor ever' in Lunar Lake and its power savings are headed for desktop soon
By Jacob Ridley published
News A desktop CPU with lower power consumption than the last would really break a trend for Intel.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) GA605 review
By Jacob Ridley published
The right stuff The 16-inch gaming laptop I'd pick from the lot.

I've become the Pied Piper for keyboard nerds—luring colleagues to come over to gawk at this gaming keyboard with simply the sweet sound of typing on it
By Jacob Ridley published
Clack clack Like moths to a flame.

Sony's PC obsession continues with in-depth DualSense Edge customisation on your PC
By Jacob Ridley published
News The new app only works with the premium PlayStation pad, however.

Black Myth: Wukong's most-wishlisted status means its new benchmarking tool is the 18th most played 'game' on Steam right now
By Jacob Ridley published
News Don't get too excited, it's not the actual game. Though as far as benchmarking tools go, it's a good'un.

Intel instability fix: I've seen no notable impact on game performance with 0x129 patch on the Core i9 14900K
By Jacob Ridley published
High voltage! That's good news, but damage done to older chips is irreparable.

Corsair ditches 80 Plus for PSUs: here are the Cybenetics ratings it'll use instead
By Jacob Ridley published
News Get used to seeing Cybenetics Gold, Platinum, and Titanium.

'The ongoing conversations around ARM vs x86 power are based on a false premise,' says Intel's VP of technical marketing
By Jacob Ridley published
News ARM might appear more naturally efficient, yet Intel insists x86 is just as good in the right hands.
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