Latest articles by Jacob Fox
Best external hard drives in 2025: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures
TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.
Best mouse pads for gaming in 2025: 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.
Chipmaker TSMC's new A14 process will apparently offer a '15% speed improvement' but our GPUs won't be made on it for a while
News I wonder what the GPU market will be like in 2028...
Good news for Intel Core Ultra 200S gamers: some major gaming PC builders say the new Boost profile won't void your warranty
News Even more reason to turn on that Boost profile.
This water block has teeny tiny fins to better cool your CPU and is meant to be slapped right on top of your silicon
News I don't know about you, but I'm keeping my CPU firmly lidded.
Anyone can now make plugins for Nvidia's promising G-Assist AI overlay, with options available for Spotify, Twitch, and more
News Must... not... praise... the... AI...
Thermal imaging seems to show there are 'weak point' hot spots in some RTX 50-series graphics cards
News But don't worry about your graphics card melting just yet
Intel has released a free 'performance boost for low-latency workloads like gaming' for Core Ultra 200S processors
News Could *this* be the BIOS update to make Arrow Lake worth it for gaming?
US-made chip prices could soar if the rumour that TSMC might charge 'as much as 30%' more for its Arizona chips pans out
News So tariffs on foreign chips and hiked prices on domestic ones?
This single-fan RTX 5060 Ti has me *this* close to upgrading
News And I don't even care much for Frame Generation.
The latest rumoured AMD Ryzen Z2 processor could be used in cheap SteamOS handhelds
News The Steam Deck's 'Van Gogh' APU to hit the open market?
I'm flabbergasted you can get an RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB for MSRP in the UK over two hours after launch
News Rule Britannia?
The new Nvidia driver comes with a looooong list of fixes and a dozen of these fix black screen issues
News The shotgun approach, I like it.
Nvidia could lose $5.5 billion to charges after new 'indefinite' restriction on exports of beefy AI GPUs to China
News The belt tightens.
Chip tariffs could be around the corner as the US starts to probe the 'effects on national security' of foreign semiconductor production
News Just as cheap graphics cards are about to launch, too. They sure do know how to pick their moment.
Nvidia says there's 'not a whole lot we can do about tariffs' should Trump nix the exemption around RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards
News But really, will we see these cards at MSRP in the wild anyway?
These are my favorite earbuds for under $100 and they're now on sale for even cheaper
Deal I've just spent a few weeks trying these out and I can't get enough.
EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds review
Fun buds You can't have it all for under $100, but the Air Pro 4 earbuds show you can get quite close.
Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Looks like 8 GB and 16 GB versions of the RX 9060 XT and RTX 5060 Ti are fast approaching, so *please* can we have some affordable graphics cards for a change
News You know, cards that actually stay near MSRP.
Valve Deckard, a long-rumoured standalone VR headset, might not be too far off if these leaked shipping manifests are legit
News A standalone HMD from Valve might be just what the VR market needs.
AMD muddies the laptop CPU waters again with a Zen 4 refresh. So, where are our actual next-gen Zen 5 chips?
News Pretty much identical to previous-gen, but should pair nicely with high-end RTX 50-series GPUs.
TSMC might have to fork over $1 billion to the US for allegedly breaking export rules after one of its chips was found in a Huawei processor
News $1 billion here, $1 billion there, who's counting?
