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Corsair make a particularly fine selection of AiOs, also known as all-in-one liquid coolers. They use off-the-shelf designs for their pumps and radiators, as do many other companies, but distinguish themselves with good-quality fans, optional lighting and low prices for a major brand. That last point is particularly pertinent today, as their H100X 240mm AiO has dropped to nearly £60 on Amazon UK - a significantly lower price than any alternative that I’d rate as highly and some £25 below this AiO’s original launch price.
Get the Corsair H100X 240mm AiO for £60.71 (RRP £84.99)
The H100X launched originally in 2018 but given that new models have largely focused on more ornate RGB lighting and built-in displays, this is hardly a bad thing. This particular part comes with simple white lighting for the pump, which suits a nice clean build, and comes with two Corsair SP120 PWM fans rated from 600 to 1700RPM. It’s compatible with most Intel and AMD CPUs out of the box, with a £5 ‘LGA1700 Retrofit Kit’ required for Intel’s new physically larger 12th-gen processors.
Altogether, it’s an easy way to give your CPU a big cooling upgrade over a standard box cooler without the clearance issues you may run into with large, high-performance air coolers like the legendary Noctua D15. Most mid-size (and even many Mini ITX) cases will support at least one 240mm radiator, but it’s worth double-checking your own case before hitting ‘buy’.
Reviews of the Corsair H100X are also quite strong. Looking at KitGuru’s writeup at the time, the reviewer noted ‘impressive performance’ from a clean design that was easy to install - not bad! The only minor downside was that the fans ramp up to loud levels at very high loads, but that’s perhaps to be expected from a budget model that doesn’t come with the most premium fans. You could look at swapping these out down the line - potentiallyfor the firm’s magnetic levitation fans- to get a quieter end result.
