According to Context, 16% of PCs sold through the largest W. European distributors in December 2019 are AMD-based, up from the 7% of December 2018, with most of the share growing in the consumer segment.

The analyst says that while only 10% of PCs sold to retailers and consumer etailers in December 2018 are AMD-powered, the proportion is up to 24% on December 2019. Such results come not only due to the rise in AMD PC volumes, but also the result of a decline in the sales of products based on Intel processors.

PC case and cooling hardware maker NZXT launches a line of ATX power supplies aimed at gamer customers-- the C-series, with the C650, C750 and C850 models promising to provide gaming PCs with "both peace of mind and clean, reliable power."

According to the company, the C-series PSUs cover "all the essentials," with the C650 and C750 handling Nvidia GPUs up to 2080ti and AMD GPUs up to Radeon VII, while the C850 can power multi-GPU configurations. All models feature a modular design, meaning cables to not need to be attached to the PSU, easing clutter and smoothing air flow. In addition, the cables are heat and fray-resistant to provide longevity.

Zotac launches an addition to the Zbox range of ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs-- the Magnus EN92080V, a machine packing high-end laptop components in a chassis with a volume of all of 2.65 litres.

The Magnus EN92080V chassis is just 62.2mm tall, and carries an 8-core Intel i9 processor (with 45W TDP) and the laptop version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 graphics processor. it can also house up to 32GB of DDR4-2666 memory in two SO-DIMM slots as well as one 2.5-inch storage device and an M.2 SSD.

German PC maker Shuttle releases a set of four mini-PCs with the NC10 series, all featuring Whiskey Lake U processors ranging from an energy-saving Celeron dual-core up to a quad-core i7 chipset.

According to the company, all the NC10 mini-PCs are capable of 4K content while coming in a small chassis measuring just 142 x 142 x 42mm. While small, all models fit one 2.5-inch SSD/HDD and include two SO-DIMM sockets fitting up to 32GB of DDR4-2133/2400 memory. In addition, a free M.2 expansion slot allows the addition of NFMe cards measuring up to 80mm. A second M.2 slot hosts the WLAN module.