[SOLVED] CPU without a thermal paste

[abderrahmenlah]

Hi
Before six months I've did a pc cleanup from dust and all that dirty stuff.
When I was looking at the CPU I saw a big thing with tons of dust and I cleaned it !
And now AFTER 6 MONTHS I realize that it was the thermal paste ! Yay
Should I replace it ? My CPU temps are hitting 90C sometimes but it doesn't shut down. Im always putting my maximum CPU usage at 80 so it won't hit 120C and shuts down

My question is: in my situation, is it useful to get a thermal paste? Or not?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

OF COURSE YOU NEED to apply new paste.

 

[abderrahmenlah]

OF COURSE YOU NEED to apply new paste.

Does it have big effects ? Or just useless -5°C ?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

In your situation it should help quite a bit.

 

[USAFRet]

OF COURSE YOU NEED to apply new paste.

Does it have big effects ? Or just useless -5°C ?

Your CPU is capping out at 90C, because it is throttling down so it doesn't kill itself.
"throttling down" = severely restricted performance. Do that too long, and it WILL kill itself.