Quote Originally Posted by churchy View Post
Aight. From what i've heard about that "soldering" issue - it simply makes it harder to remove cooler/waterblock. And "staining" doesn't impact in any way functional/thermal capabilities, only looks. But it might be issue for those that want not just keep using for long time same hardware, but care a lot about selling it later on to others. So at the end it's up to own choice +few degrees better temps or unaffected looks for ease of selling.
Liquid metal pro/ultra does not get better temperatures than IX. Look up TIM reviews across the net and here and you will see where it ranks. IX is hands down the best TIM money can buy right now or rather ETI.