Quote Originally Posted by celemine1Gig View Post
it even degrades thermal performance (less than a percent if I my guess is about right).
what data do you have to base this off of? other than the color of the IHS, nothing else has changed. the discoloration is from the high temps that occurred when the pump failed. its not corrosion like you would see on a waterblock or radiator thats been sitting out with moisture still within it. had the discoloration been cause by corrosion, then i would agree with the above statement.

as it stands, this part of your statement is false. look at the third picture he posted. the ram slots in the reflection are perfectly lined up with no distortion on the IHS that would indicate that it had warped during the high heat load. had the IHS warped, im fairly certain the processor would have died from that amount of heat.

sure, its not as shiny as it once had been, however discoloration caused by high temps does not affect how flat the IHS is.