Advice When Building First PC

[connormarcks1103]

Hello all, so yesterday I started building my first pc. Everything was going pretty smooth and ended getting to the end of my build where I was about to put my gpu in when I noticed that my pump lines from my Corsair H100i v2 were in the way of me being able to put my gpu in its slot. I had to remove the pump from the cpu and flip my radiator in order to make it all work. Should I reapply new thermal paste to my cpu before putting my pump back on or could I still use the same paste that was already applied. Any help is appreciated!

 

[CountMike]

Yes, clean surfaces and reapply the paste any time you have to take cooler off the CPU, tiniest speck of dust can make problems. It's also almost sure it would leave some air pockets in paste further reducing it's effectiveness.