AMD admits it is delaying the launch of the Ryzen 9 3950X by two months, with the reason being high demand leading to a shortage of the components required to build the 16-core desktop CPU.

"We are focusing on meeting the strong demand for our 3rd generation AMD Ryzen processors in the market and now plan to launch both the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and initial members of the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor family in volume this November," AMD posts on Reddit. "We are confident that when enthusiasts get their hands on the world’s first 16-core mainstream desktop processor and our next-generation of high-end desktop processors, the wait will be well worth it."

Intel takes to IFA 2019 to present what it claims is "the world's best gaming processor"-- the Core i9-9900KS, a first CPU from the company to offer 5GHz all-core turbo clock speed, at least when provided with sufficient cooling.

The Intel Core i9-9900KS features 8 cores with hyper-threading running at 4GHz base frequency. Boost mode pushes the frequency to 5GHz on all cores, up 300MHz from 4.7GHz in case of the Core i9-9900K. First teased a few months ago at Computex 2019, the Core i9-9900KS was seen at IFA running Hitman 2 with all 16 threads running at 5GHz with light per-core load, something Chipzilla says demonstrates how gamers not only need higher core counts, but also better overall performance.

Alphacool launches the Eisball, a digital RGB reservoir/pump combo the company claims is "the world's first reservoir shaped as a ball" promising to be both tough and quiet, as well as a striking appearance.

First launched back at CES 2019, the Eisball features a ball-shaped 700ml made of the same tough transparent nylon as the Eisblock XPX CPU cooler series. It doubles as a pump top, and is compatible with all VPP and Laing D5 pumps. In case the customer does not have a pump, Alphacool offers a pump bundle option. A chrome circumference ring features 22 addressable RGB lights, as one might expect from a piece of gaming hardware.

ID-Cooling announces a cooling system ideal for owners of small form-factor (SFF) PCs-- the IS-50X, a cooler aimed for use with CPUs with a TDP rating of up to 130W featuring a design just 57mm tall.

The IS-50X carries a 120mm PWM fan with 13 curved blades able to rotate at 600-1600RPM. The result, ID-Cooling says, is airflow reaching up to 53.6CFM, with a maximum load noise of 30.2dBA. Further boosting cooling performance is the addition of five 6mm copper heat pipes making direct contact with the CPU heat spreader, together with anoffset fin design with the cooler hanging over the I/O area, thus not getting in the way of tall RAM modules.

MIT spinoff JetCool emerges after 5 years in stealth mode to present a different approach to the cooling of PC processors and other electronics appealing to both overclockers and high-power semiconductor vendors-- "microconvective cooling."

"Many of our favorite services run on processors that could do even more, but they get too hot," the startup says.  "With better cooling, we hope to break that logjam and help technology companies create a new wave of devices that will power tomorrow's extraordinary innovations."

Slovenia-based liquid cooling specialist EK Water Blocks releases a pair of EK-Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT water blocks compatible with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT graphics cards.

Thanks to a switch to a 7nm fabrication process, the Navi GPU cores inside the RX 5700 and 5700 XT are 251mm in size (compared to the 495mm Vega GPUs). The reduction in size makes for a more efficient GPU, but also increases thermal density, bringing the need for an efficient cooling solution. EK says the water blocks directly cool the GPU, memory and VRM (voltage regulation module), channeling liquid cooling directly over these critical areas.

Fractal Design presents an aesthetic update on the Celsius AiO liquid cooling systems-- the Celsius S24 Blackout and S36 Blackout AiO coolers feature a somber all-black look while maintaining the same cooling modes and capabilities of previous versions.

The Blackout versions of the Celsius AiO coolers include the same fan and pump speed management as the regular Celsius, using either motherboard PWM output are a temperature-controlled automatic mode. The addition of Dynamic X2 GP-12 PWM Black Edition fans allows for the darker look while promising minimum noise output, with speed adjustment range from 500 to 2000RPM.

AMD Takes to E3 2019 to launch what it describes as "the world’s first 16-core mainstream desktop processor"-- the 3rd gen Ryzen 9 3950X, a CPU promising boost speeds reaching up to 4.7GHz with 72MB of cache.

The 3950X follows the Computex 2019 launch of the 3900X, a 12-core AMD offering. The 16-core CPU offers 32 threads and 72MB cache, and while the boost clock runs at an aforementioned 4.7GHz AMD claims its overclocking team has managed to push it to no less than 5.37GHz. Another consideration is thermal design power stands at a 105W, the same as the 3900X, allowing for more efficiency from the CPU.

In further details, the chip consists of two Zen 2 8-core chiplets paired with an IO die offering 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes. It is based on the AM4 socket, meaning it is best suited for use with an X570 motherboard.