Well unless someone can see into the future I don't see how we could answer that question. Who knows how CPU's will develop, but I'm pretty sure they will be sticking to the mounting using screws for quite some time and it's not really a 'water block' per se on the head of a vapochill. No doubt you'll have plenty of years of use with that thing, but remember you have to take a lot of precautions against condensation with those temps