So yesterday I started building my new ryzen 5 1600 PC even though my GPU and RAM arent here just so when they come I can just put them in and be ready. So I installed everything except those and today I noticed that the amd logo on my CPU's cooler was above the RAM slots and potentially making it difficult to fill some slots up. So, my questions are: If I remove my cooler and adjust it, will I need to reapply thermal paste even I never even turned my PC on, and if I don't reapply the paste, can I still turn my PC on to see if everything works correctly or is it a bad idea? I'm just asking cause I'm kind of impatient and I don't know when the thermal paste will be here if I order it now. Thanks in advance.
Can I readjust my Ryzen 5 CPU cooler without reapplying thermal paste?
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TwilightRavens
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Yes you would need to replace it because it would break the "seal" that the heatsink made with the cpu, making the thermal paste uneven and cause some temperature problems.
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