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Do I need to replace thermal paste?

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  • Heat
  • Thermal Compound
  • CPUs
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July 27, 2014 3:27:21 PM

So I've recently received my parts and I put my mobo and CPU together and put the heat sink on, and I didn't notice the pins were damaged till I dropped the CPU in, and I don't know if I need to reapply the thermal paste if he CPU and heat sink never turned on?

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July 27, 2014 3:30:25 PM

You need to replace the paste each time you take the cooler off the CPU. If you dont it will disrupt the paste and get air pockets in it, which insulates the cpu, rather than transfer the heat off of it.
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July 27, 2014 3:44:31 PM

Yes, please reapply. Maybe nothing will happen, but but safe then sorry!
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