Reapplying thermal paste even when it's never used from the Liquid cooling system

PJ5ingh

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Alright So I was building my Rig and had mounted my liquid cooling system (Corsair H105) that came pre applied with thermal paste. I realized that motherboard was dead afterwards. I took off liquid cooling system and there are no signs of wear at all. It was never used to begin with. Do I need to clean it up and reapply it even when I enclosed it with the plastic cap that it came with. Refer to pics below

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PJ5ingh

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I wish I could see some more reply's. I touched the thermal paste with a Q-tip to see if it was still a little pasty and yeah it doesn't seem to be all dried out or anything.