Question Should I apply new thermal paste?

[crackedup]

How long does thermal paste last? I've had my PC for 3 years, not changed it.
My specs are;
PSU; Corsair TX550
Motherboard; Intel H110 Express
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB
CPU: Intel i7-7700 3.6 GHz (not OC'd)
RAM: 16 GB

And uh, my temps have been off the charts for CPU. While playing games like Grand Theft Auto V and Rust they'd sometimes get up to 60+ celcius and above. That can't be safe right? I -should- get new thermal paste on there? The issue I'm having is stuttering and freezing in games. I've replaced PSU, updated bios, made sure all other drivers were up to date, made sure windows was up to date on everything, etc. Still happening. Scared for my computer right now. Here's the other thread i made; https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/help-me-with-my-issue.3492717/

 

[RememberThe5th]

The thermal paste as I've heard usually lasts around 5 years or soo.
As you apply the thermal paste they need to dry to bound 2 metals together.

Just dust the PC.
And which cooler do you have?*

 

[crackedup]

The thermal paste as I've heard usually lasts around 5 years or soo.
As you apply the thermal paste they need to dry to bound 2 metals together.

Just dust the PC.
And which cooler do you have?*

I just have 1 fan on the back, and 1 on the processor. It's a prebuilt. (ASUS G11CD-K)
Also, I've tried -everything-. I've dusted the PC, I've done all of the things people have told me to do.

 

[RememberThe5th]

Yeah I see , you have that Puny cooler which always come in prebuilt.

But temps for any CPU is generally safe under 80C-85C.
I've been keeping my current xeon running that way up to 85*C and my previous i3-4170.
Your CPU will throttle if it goes above cetain temperature.

As you may have done, you have MSI Afterburner. It came with Riva tuner installer which you can monitor in game stuff , like temperature, usage and etc.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIlMRRlKQGg&t=8s


The stutters may be another reason.
How many drives do you have? (Eg one HDD two SSD)

 

[crackedup]

Yeah I see , you have that Puny cooler which always come in prebuilt.

But temps for any CPU is generally safe under 80C-85C.
I've been keeping my current xeon running that way up to 85*C and my previous i3-4170.
Your CPU will throttle if it goes above cetain temperature.

As you may have done, you have MSI Afterburner. It came with Riva tuner installer which you can monitor in game stuff , like temperature, usage and etc.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIlMRRlKQGg&t=8s


The stutters may be another reason.
How many drives do you have? (Eg one HDD two SSD)

One 2TB HHD, 1 250gb ssd, im going to backup my most important files and do a full system restore, thats the only thing i havent done
cant believe i spent 95 bucks on a new PSU and it didnt fix the frickin issue