Re apply thermal paste?

ShiroWhite · Jun 25, 2017

I missplaced my CPU fan (the stock one) while building my pc, so I had to remove it. Does that mean that I have to apply new thermal paste or does it not matter (I only removed it for a minute or so)

cryoburner · Jun 25, 2017

Ideally, you should clean and re-apply it, since you could get trapped air pockets reducing cooling performance. If the cooling performance seems fine, it might not be a problem though.

ShiroWhite · Jun 25, 2017

cryoburner :

Ok, thanks!
But how can I check it? (I'm new to pc building sorry)

cryoburner · Jun 25, 2017

You can check your CPU temperatures using a utility like HWMonitor...

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

The range for what constitutes a good temperature will vary depending on the processor though. You can check your load temperatures by running a CPU-demanding application at the same time. One example that's often used is Prime95's "torture test", since it can push a CPU's temperatures beyond what you would normally encounter with most other programs, allowing you to make sure a system will remain stable under extended loads...

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=205

ShiroWhite · Jun 27, 2017

cryoburner :

Thank you very much, I just finished my build and will check the temperature right now.

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