Thermal paste oozing out the side?

w0rmh0lez

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I opened up my case today to find thermal paste on coming out of the cpu. Idk how to really describe it but there's none on the motherboard. Just the sides. I have an h80i cooling is it alright? The computer runs great I just noticed something stranger on the sides of the heat sink so I touched it and it was thermal paste.
 
Solution
As long as it dosent make contact with anything that is fine. If it gets on the board or in the socket there are issues there. I would recommend getting a q-tip and wiping it off if it is serious.