[Review] Indigo Xtreme vs. AS5, MX-2, IC Diamond, Shin-Etsu X23-7783D

[Nickel020]

But its clean up is pretty damn simple. Wipe it off with a towel. Not to many TIM's can claim that one and its light-years ahead of Liquid Pro. The vid shows an alcohol towelet being used, but the instructions say to just use a kitchen towel to wipe it off, and that no chemical is necessary for cleaning.

This no proof, as they just wiped off the stuff they put on for the installation video. If you don't heat it up Liquid Pro won't stain either.

As for how effective it is, all the reviews I've seen show it between 1-2 degrees worse than Pro. Buts thats still puts it right up near the top.

None of the reviews I've seen are good enough to warrant such a statement, which ones are you talking about? I didn't see one with multiple mounts and accurate measurements of water/air temp, so the results don't mean anything.

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.

It will only harden after months of installation, stains will start much earlier though, although they can be polished out wit Nevr Dull (might rub out the CPU markings though). The problem is with properly reviewing it. The waterblock & CPU will not be exactly the same as before if it's stained after the first installation. This is why Vapor will only review it if it doesn't stain. I'm getting it in ~3 days, then I'll try it and if the results are good, Vapor will try to get a sample in the US or I'll get one to him from Germany

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.

Proof? Accoding to Vapor's review here Indigo is 2C better than MX2, and Liquid Pro is defintely more than 2C better than MX2.