Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Best mouse pads for gaming in 2024: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on
Slick The best mouse pads offer slick mouse movement and awesome aesthetics, no matter what surface you prefer.
Corsair ditches 80 Plus for PSUs: here are the Cybenetics ratings it'll use instead
News Get used to seeing Cybenetics Gold, Platinum, and Titanium.
One of Logitech's finest mice and one I use often—the Pro Wireless gaming mouse is down to $61 right now
Deal I only replaced this bad boy once I got my hands on its featherweight replacement, the Superlight, but at this price it's worth a look.
'The ongoing conversations around ARM vs x86 power are based on a false premise,' says Intel's VP of technical marketing
News ARM might appear more naturally efficient, yet Intel insists x86 is just as good in the right hands.
There still might be more RX 7000-series AMD GPUs on the way as rumours suggest two under $250
News It's early days, though there's still room for more graphics cards at the bottom of the stack.
'Google is a monopolist' says US judge in ruling on exclusivity deals to get Google Search on all your platforms all the time
News "Google’s distribution agreements are exclusive and have anticompetitive effects."
Woah, an RTX 4070 Super deal that actually drops this fresh 40-series GPU well under MSRP
Deal The RTX 4070 is a graphics card not often discounted, and yet here's the new and improved Super version for little more than the standard option.
Intel is laying off 15,000 people: 'We are making some of the most consequential changes in our company's history'
News Announces revenue of $12.8 billion for the quarter with operating income of zilch.
A law firm is investigating whether to launch a class action case against Intel for 13th/14th Gen CPU instability issues
News And you can register your interest via an online form.
Thank you, Freeware: I was just saved from USB disconnect/reconnect hell by a simple logging tool
<3 God bless USBLogView.
Zen 5 tested: AMD's Ryzen AI 300-series brings new cores and a revamped RDNA 3.5 GPU for chunky performance gains in laptops and handhelds
Zen 5 tested AMD's thrown everything at its new mobile chip to top Meteor Lake, and it does just that.
Keyboards might be cheating now: what is Snap Tap/SOCD and why is it causing a crisis for competitive shooters?
Tap this! One new feature on a gaming keyboard and everyone loses their minds!
Asus ROG Azoth Extreme review
Big money One of the gaming greats weighed down by an absurdly heavy price tag.
AMD delays Ryzen 9000-series retail launch by a couple of weeks after discovering an issue with the first batch of chips
News The Ryzen 9000-series is now expected to be available from retailers on August 15, AMD says.
Call yourself a bass head? Walk around wearing a pair of Ol' Thumpy headphones, I dare you
News They come with Helmholtz resonators tuned to pump up the low frequencies.
Tesla will roll out 'genuinely useful' humanoid robots to factory floor next year says Musk
News Could we get one to tidy the PC Gamer office?
CrowdStrike CEO apologises for global IT outage that has seen planes grounded, health services halted and the BSOD appearing in oh so many places it shouldn't
News You think you're having a bad day.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16 Gen 9 review
Unbalanced Excellent gaming performance doesn't make up for a lacklustre spec for the money.
Join me as I build a wicked gaming PC for ~$1,000 out of Prime Day sale parts
Prime Day Live Let's build ourselves a tasty machine that'll play the latest games at 1440p or better.
Looking for the best Prime Day gaming laptop deals? The sales are still ongoing even after the official event has ended
Prime Day Live There are still serious discounts on gaming laptops right now, from Amazon and further afield.
So, Jacob 1 and Jacob 2, why do you enjoy Prime Day? In unison: 'Because our fav Sennheiser headphones are 30% off or more.' Thanks, Jacobs
Prime Day The Jacobs have spoken, and spoken wise words they have.
The greatest PC deals this Prime Day are all the RTX 4070 gaming laptops under $1,200
Prime Day Forget the RTX 4060 above $1,000—you can get a whole lot more silicon for the same money.
