Reapply thermal paste after heatsink removal?

[Max_Pare]

Hello, i already posted about this but i forgot to add some details:
I recently bought an i5 7600 and because of bios issues i had to swap it with another cpu and then swap it again.
The thermal paste on cpu and heatsink look just fine, it has that "wet" look just like when i installed it, to me it looks like the paste would work just fine even after removing the heatsink for 5 minutes. The new thermal paste is coming anyway and i will be reapplying it for good measure, but will my cpu fry if i boot my pc and fire up some games?
Also, i removed the heatsink from my old cpu too, i never had any thermal issues as it never went above 70°C while playing quite heavy games. I'd love to hear from some of you definitely more expert people, thanks in advance.

UPDATE: I played for 2 hours straight and the highest temperature was 61 degrees celsius, so yeah, i'll reapply the paste for good measure but honestly i doubt i will change anything.

 

[cryoburner]

Your CPU won't likely be harmed, but temperatures probably won't be quite as good as they would have been otherwise. If you are planning to replace the thermal paste soon anyway, it probably won't be much of an issue to reuse the old paste for now, but you should clean it off and replace it when you get the new thermal compound.

 

[matt761]

It will probably be fine. Especially if you're not overclocking. It definitely won't fry. Just check your temperatures and see if they're good enough for you.