Should I change thermal paste after not seating cooler properly?

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Basically, I put thermal paste, and set the cooler. But, for 2 days now, I noticed that the temps were too high, idling about 50-60c.

So, I realized that the cooler wasn't set properly, and now that I did, the temps are great, 30c idling, 40c gaming.

With that temps, should I still re-apply thermal paste or I'm ok as long as the temps are fine?

 
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Those are very good temperatures, so you should not have a problem.

A good cooler once seated properly should not move, so maybe check the temps occasionally for the next few weeks, but if they're still fine then I would not worry about it at all.
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Those are very good temperatures, so you should not have a problem.

A good cooler once seated properly should not move, so maybe check the temps occasionally for the next few weeks, but if they're still fine then I would not worry about it at all.
 
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Could my CPU be damaged cause of 2 days high temp?

Thanks!
 
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no, CPUs have built in protection, they reduce the speed and voltage if temps get too high, it would have shut down the pc if it got to dangerous levels.
 
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