Did i mess up the thermal paste?

jty0yt

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So on my build I put on my pea of thermal paste then placed down the cpu cooler and tried to attach it. The screws would not reach so I had to take the cooler off then kind of do step 3 before step 2 or something like that (Noctua NHU14S). Anyway so when I took up the cooler I noticed the thermal paste had spread excellently but I wonder if because I had to take the cooler up and then place it back down would that create air bubbles or anything? (I didnt clean off the paste because I didnt have isopropryl alcohol). My temps are 65 on full load P95 Small FFT (i5 4690k at 3.8ghz, I dont want to OC too high in case the thermal paste is an issue) around 30 idle, and around 40-50 while gaming.

One more question, CPU-Z Says my cpu is at 1.076 Volts, is that just adaptive voltage and should I turn it off?