Nvidia takes to Gamescom to present the GeForce RTX series-- the first gaming GPUs based on the recently revealed Turing architecture, promising to bring advanced features such as real-time ray tracing to the consumer market.

The event had Nvidia reveal three cards, the RTX 2070, 2080 and 2080 Ti. The company claims the RTX series offer hybrid capability able to deliver "6x more performance" than Pascal, allowing for 4K HDR gaming running at no less than 60 frames per second, even on advanced titles. To do so, the cards carry RT cores able to power real-time ray tracing (a means to accurately render the behaviour of light), an NGX "neural graphics framework" integrating AI in the graphics pieline and Turing shading architecture to boost overall performance.

Intel announces the next lineup of NUC mini-PCs-- the Coffee Lake-U (formerly codenamed Bean Canyon) and Cannon Lake (formerly codenamed Crimson Canyon) ranges, with 5 standard NUC kits and two new NUC Mini PCs.

“Intel NUCs are mini PCs that offer high-performance capabilities in a space-saving design and are perfectly suited for home theater, home office, entry-level gaming or as a replacement for desktops when space is a concern," Chipzilla says. "These new NUCs offer a number of new options that will fit a wide range of computing needs.”

The NUC8i7BEH, NUC8i5BEH, NUC8i5BEK, NUC8i3BEH and NUC8i3BEK are based on 8th gen Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 processors (aka Coffee Lake-U), and feature Intel Iris graphics with eDRAM. These are all barebone kits, meaning customers need to add own storage, RAM and OS, and Intel says they should be ideal for home theatre systems, content creators or personal voice assistants.

EVGA starts shipping the X299, a micro ATX 2 motherboard the company claims is "the best mATX overclocking board for the X299 chipset," with a 14-phase power design, thick VRM heatsink/fan and two 8-pin EPS power connectors.

Designed for customers wanting maximum power from a small form factor, the board also includes an additional 6-pin PCIe power connector, external BCLK, M.2 NVMe, Optane support, integrated Intel dual-band wifi/Bluetooth and an Intel i219V Gigabit NIC. The 14-phase digital VRM allows the overclocking of the most powerful Core-X series i9 processors, while the 8-pin CPU connector ensures enough power for stability at the highest clock speeds.

Cooler Master joins forces with AMD to produce an official air cooler for the 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper processors-- the Wraith Ripper, promising to keep the next-gen socket TR4 processor cool under any condition.

The Wraith Ripper cooling system consists of a dual tower heatsink featuring aluminium fins and 7 heat pipes, as well as a 120mm MasterAir Pro Servo fan able to ratate at speeds up to 2750 RPM and create an airflow of 76.4 CFM. The fan propels air through the heatsink and fins, pulling cool air from one side and pushing warm air out through the other. The result is a cooler able to handle processors up to 250W TDP.

Shuttle launches an entry-level compact form-fact PC-- the XPC Slim DH310, a barebones machine designed for Intel Coffee Lake CPUS with a volume of just 1.3l able handle all mainstream CFL CPUs.

The XPC Slim DH310 is based on the Intel H310PCH. it supports all 65W Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake CPUs, with a Shuttle ICE module (a combination of heatsink and two 60mm fans) providing necessary cooling. Technically the PC supports up to a 6-core Core i7-8700, together with up to 32GB DDR4-266 RAM, x1 2.5-inch storage drive and x1 M.2-2280 PCIe/SATA SSD. An SDXC card reader is also included.

The 915 is an In Win E-ATX full tower chassis with a feature customers might find worthy of purchase-- a motorised top vent, allowing one to open the top panel whenever extra cooling is required.

The 915 features a minimalist design, with an anodised aluminium front, smoked tempered glass side window and "low-key but eye-catching" RGB LED lighting. The curved front panel comes in either black or white and lacks any I/O, since all such features are on the front top of the chassis. The back features another curved aluminium panel, with a slotted design providing access to expansion cards and ports.

Gigabyte looks to support the latest AMD Ryzen processors with the Aorus B450 motherboard series, featuring technologies such as AMD StoreMI, integrated I/O shield, next-gen wifi and USB-C connectivity.

Featuring what the company describes as a "new armour design," the B540 represents a new naming scheme for Aorus hardware. It uses terminology familiar with gamer customers, meaning the hierarchy points out the Pro and Elite models as the top options based on the AMD B450 chipset. The range consists of the Pro, Pro Wifi and Elite using the ATX form factor, the M as the mATX option and the I Pro Wifi for Mini ITX customers.

The EMEA traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) posts the strongest growth since 2014 in Q2 2018, IDC reports, with shipments reaching 16.6 million units, a 4.1% Y-o-Y increase.

The growth essentially comes from commercial space, with shipments growing by 8.6% Y-o-Y through the rollout of anticipated device renewals. On the hand consumer space remains in decline (-0.8% Y-o-Y), even if said decline is softer than usual thanks to a combination of back-to-school sales and ongoing gaming PC demand.