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While building a computer for the first time, I did a dumb move with my AMD FX 6350 stock cooler. I put on the heat sink on the cpu and without thinking, removed it. Do I need to wipe off the thermal paste that was left onto the CPU and then put it on and scrape off the pre-applied thermal paste from the stock cooler and put on new thermal paste onto the cpu? Or can I wipe off the thermal paste that was left on the CPU and then put on the heatsink again?
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Gam3r01
You probably should re apply it. Disrupted paste means air bubbles, which means poor cooling.
Dont scrape it off though, use a lint free towel or similar (I like coffee filters) and wipe (Not circular) with preferably 90% or higher alcohol.
Then you just re apply new paste, and there are many tutorials on how to do this.
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You probably should re apply it. Disrupted paste means air bubbles, which means poor cooling.
Dont scrape it off though, use a lint free towel or similar (I like coffee filters) and wipe (Not circular) with preferably 90% or higher alcohol.
Then you just re apply new paste, and there are many tutorials on how to do this.
 
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