my heatsink popped right out of its plastic and some thermal paste came off!
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Carobthomp
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If there is no longer a completely sealed thermal paste connection between the CPU and the Heat Sink, it definitely can effect the transfer of heat. Sometimes it's minimal, but if you are overclocking, it could be a problem. The good news is you can always pick up some more thermal paste and re-apply it.
haackp
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Worse case scenario you get some new paste if you want to over clock it. Make sure there is an even layer that makes contact with the cpu. The way it comes the amount on there gets flattened out anyways and spread out so you should be ok as long as you even the thermal paste out for full coverage.
Carobthomp
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I have an old desktop with CPU fan errors, because I never bothered replacing the heat sink/thermal paste, and it doesn't crash, but it can get quite hot. I would just monitor it and if you find it's overheating then you need to replace it. If you are overclocking, I would 100% fix it up though, because the last thing you want is a failed CPU, unless it's like a Pentium 4.
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