I accidentally removed a Little Thermal Paste in my GPU. HELP NEEDED

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While cleaning the radiator of my GTX 1050 Ti (Gigabyte), I accidentally removed the thermo paste off of one small radiator (which was separate from the main radiator) that was fitting over 8 or 10 small transistors. I did not remove any other piece of thermal paste. On that small radiator, I applied a bit off the thermal paste that i have for my CPU radiator.
After starting the system and playing PUBG for only 10 mins, the GPU temp was 83C

My Sytem Specs Are :
Motherboard:
Gigabyte H61M-S1 (1155 LGA socket)

Processor:
Intel core i3 2105 (sandy bridge) with cooling fan

Graphics:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti (4Gb DDR5)

RAM :
DDR 3 Kingston (4gb X 2) = 8gb

PSU :
Corsair VS450

Is it something to be worried about? Should I go to the service center? Will the warranty be void? Can I buy the paste online and apply it? If yes, then from which website? PLEASE HELP
 
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as long as the paste is in a sealed and store in shade, it should be fine. if not, (like the paste are all dried out) your local computer store should have them for less than $10.

i have not heard cpu only thermal paste and gpu only thermal paste are similar, only good thermal paste and bad thermal paste.

i'm old school, and the only paste i used is Arctic silver 5, it's been serving me good since 2006.



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The Fans were at 70%. I usually put it at 70% while gaming. Earlier at 70%, the temperatures used to be around 63C after hours of gaming
 
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if fan does spin, i would suggest you to take down the heat sink cooler.
wipe off old paste with lint free cloth with alcohol, and reapply a thin layer of thermal paste (not too much)
reattach the heat sink cooler, make sure all screws are tightened properly (you have to be be careful, and tighten the gpu screws evenly to avoid damage to the gpu die.)
 
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Which thermal Paste? CPU thermal paste is fine? On Youtube, Linus Tech Tips said that we cannot replace the white thermal paste with normal thermal paste
 
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Also, the thermal paste i have is like a year old, is that fine? Or should i buy a new one?
 
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as long as the paste is in a sealed and store in shade, it should be fine. if not, (like the paste are all dried out) your local computer store should have them for less than $10.

i have not heard cpu only thermal paste and gpu only thermal paste are similar, only good thermal paste and bad thermal paste.

i'm old school, and the only paste i used is Arctic silver 5, it's been serving me good since 2006.



 
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There is nothing to worry about as long as you replaced the paste that you took off from the VRM radiator.

 
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Is the cooler master Pro paste good?
https://www.amazon.in/Cooler-Master-Thermal-MasterGel-MGY-OSSG-N15M-R1/dp/B01JME9ASC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

The Arctic Silver 5 is costing me 4$ extra and is less in quantity? Is it worth it or is there not much difference??
Should I go with Cooler Master or Arctic Silver?
 
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