[SOLVED] My intel cpu fan leg's are broken

[Body Sheded]

The fan legs' from the bottom aren't able to install itself on the motherboard properly only 2 legs was able to get fixed to the board normally the rest are going up and down and enter through all the holes but can't get installed right is it okay if I run my i7 3770 like this? just until I manage to buy a new one

And I don't have any thermal paste and even if I get one it would be a very bad one is it safe not to put thermal paste?

I'm not doing any gaming right now just browsing & simple web developing.

That's the fan

This is how it looks like when I install it

 

[AllanGH]

It's probably OK, but you would be better-off not using it until you can replace the fan/HS.

 

[Body Sheded]

It's probably OK, but you would be better-off not using it until you can replace the fan/HS.

Is it safe to just test the pc & install windows?

 

[AllanGH]

If it was my machine, I would wait until I have a proper thermal solution in place to do anything with it.

Others may have a different opinion of it, but I certainly won't urge you to go ahead and run it under those conditions.

It might be OK, and it might not be OK. If you want to risk it, that is going to be your call, alone.