SilverStone presents a fanless power supply option-- the NightJar NJ600, the most powerful silent PSU from the company yet, with an 80 Plus Titanium rating for efficiency.

The NightJar NJ600 is ATX12V V2.4-compliant and rated at 600W output. The 80 Plus Titanium rating means it is at least 94% efficient under a 20%, 50% and 100% load, as well as at least 90% efficient under a 10% load. It features a modular design, with two EPS12V connectors allowing compatibility with high-end desktop motherboards (AMD Threadripper, Intel Core X) and 2P server/workstation platforms.

Cooler Master adds a premium chassis option-- the Cosmos C700M, a chassis the company claims is the peak of the Cosmos line, with a unique frame design able to support conventional, chimney, inverse or fully custom layouts.

The C700M is designed for custom PC builders, with a removable motherboard tray, a graphics card bracket one can tilt from 0 to 90 degrees and a 400mm riser cable. Customers can mount the graphics card either vertically or horizontally, on either the PSU midplate or M. port. The inside also includes three cable covers, space for radiators up to 420mm in size and options to show off customised water cooling setups. In total it measures 650 x 306 x 651mm, and fits mini-ITX, micro-ATX, ATX and E-ATX motherboards with up to 8 expansion slots.

Prospects are looking increasingly positive for AMD-- following a 2017 return to profitability, the company is set to set to gain 30% global desktop processor share in Q4 2018, DigiTimes reports.

Key to such gains is fully foundry support from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), as well as Intel 10nm processor launch delays. According to "industry sources," AMD has recently loosened ties with Globalfaoundries in favour of contracting TSMC to manufacture GPUs, server and PC processors using a 7nm process. The change brought about better chip yield rates and performance, not to mention regular shipments to customers.

Gigabyte prepares for the launch of the Aorus RTX 20 Xtreme graphics card series, with social media teasing various SKUs based on the latest Nvidia GPUs, namely the RTX 2080, RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2070.

So far the company has a product page for one card-- the RTX 2080-based Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Xreme 8G. It features an integrated 8GB GDDR6 256-bit memory interface, together with a Windforce Stack cooling system with three 100mm fans and "reinvented" RGB lighting with colourful fan edges and RGB Fusion sync.

SilverStone announces the SST-EMC23-- a PCIe x16 riser card for M.2 SSDs aimed at customers wanting to either maximise the efficiency of SSD cooling or simply install more SSDs in a spare PCIe x16 slot.

The EMC23 allows M.2 storage to run via PCIe connection, meaning users do not need to buy a new motherboard in case their PC lacks M.2 slots. It is compatible with AHCI over PCIe and NVMe (but not M.2 SATA connections) and houses a single PCIe M.2- 2230, 2242, 2260, or 2280 drive. Since heat is a concern with M.2 SSDs, the EMC32 includes x2 heat spreaders, thermal pad and x2 LEDs to monitor the activity of an installed SSD.

Slovenia-based cooling specialist EKWB announces high-performance water blocks for the Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards-- the EK-Vector RTX, designed for custom-built cooling systems using the latest GPUs from the company.

The EK-Vector RTX water block handles multiple Turing-based reference design graphics cards. It features a slim single slot design, and covers the entire length of the PCB. A "unique" cover over the block terminal reveals the graphics card model from the side. The cooling block comes in 8 versions, all featuring proprietary Open Slit-Flow micro-channels guiding cooling liquid to the GPU, VRAM and VRM (voltage regulating module), even with weaker water pumps.

AMD announces the availability of the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X-- a 16-core CPU aimed at high-end desktops, complete with faster clock speeds than previous AMD CPUs and overclocking capabilities.

The 2950X is based on 2nd generation Ryzen architecture, updated Precision Boost and Extended Frequency Range (XFR) technologies allowing for higher clock speeds reaching 3.5GHz, with a 4.4GHz boost. It consists of a pair of 8-core Zen+ dies fabbed using the GlobalFoundries 12LP process on a single piece of substrate, and includes 32MB cache, quad-channel DDR4-2933 memory subsystem and 60 PCIe Gen 3 lanes.

Following the leak of EVGA designs for GeForce RTX 20 liquid cooled graphics cards on Twitter, the company confirms the existence of such GPUs-- the Hybrid FTW3 and Hydro Copper FTW3.

EVGA has already launched 16 GPUs based on the GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti, but the Hybrid and Hydro Copper models (namely the Hybrid FTW3, Hydro Copper FTW3, Hybrid XC and Hydro Copper XC) offer further cooling capability. The Hydro Copper FTW3/XC are designed for customers wanting a custom loop design, will full cover water blocks and a custom PCB design with two 8-pin power connectors. The harware comes complete with a front shroud in brushed silver and a see-through mirror showing off the internal block assembly.