Question 4 years old brand new rx5500XT thermal paste change?

SMITHBEATZ

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Feb 27, 2019
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I still have a brand new PowerColor rx5500XT in the box I got from Amazon on 10-13-20. I'm finally opening it and pairing with a new Ryzen 5 3600x for a customer looking for a modest gaming PC. My question is how many of you would change the thermal paste right away after it's been sitting in the box almost 4 years? Or would you just put it in and only worry about it if temps were high? I know what I plan to do since it's a customer build and I don't want any issues to arise, but I'm curious what everyone else would do. Thanks