Get an MSI MAG CoreLiquid 280mm AIO for £50 (was £100)
So: why is this particular CPU cooler so heavily discounted? Basically, some early units had some reliability issues, and stopped working after a few months. MSI acted somewhat quickly to replace the affected units, but the negative press meant there wasn’t much interest in the CoreLiquid 280R afterwards. MSI’s since come out with a replacement, the C280 and the S280, but there are still a bunch of perfectly capable CoreLiquid 280R coolers sitting around doing nothing. Now, those units have been discounted to clear the shelves - and you can take home an underrated CPU cooler that should perform as well as models that cost twice as much.
Get an NZXT Kraken X63 280mm AIO for £130 (was £190) - a good cheap-ish 280mm AiO that I used for years. Decent performance, good choice if you have an NZXT case and already use their CAM software. Get a Corsair H115i Elite Capellix 280mm AIO for £107 (was £160) - probably the best ‘cheap’ option on the market, with RGB fans and an RGB pump. Looks great, but requires a lot of wiring for the RGB. Get a Corsair H100i EliteLCD Display 240mm for £210 - the best display I’ve seen on a CPU cooler, with great fans and performance too. Of course, not a great value - you’re paying a lot for the novelty! - but it looks really cool. See also the Asus ROG Ryujin 2.
So there you are - bit of a different one here, but I hope you liked it regardless. Thanks for joining me, and let me know about these sort of slightly riskier deals - for me, I think the annoyance of potentially having to do a return is outweighed by the strength of the deal, but you now have the facts to make your own mind up.
