Touching pre-applied thermal paste

[ItzUknown]

Heyy guys..... sooo I accidentally touched the pre-applied thermal paste of my ryzen wraith cooler.... will this affect the thermals?? (image bellow)  

[Fasauceome]

Happens all the time, cooling won't be affected

 

[ItzUknown]

3 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Happens all the time, cooling won't be affected

 

Ohhh ok thanks man... I was really worried... and also I have some arctic mx5 thermal paste would it be better if I clean the pre applied and put the arctic? 

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, ItzUknown said:

Ohhh ok thanks man... I was really worried... and also I have some arctic mx5 thermal paste would it be better if I clean the pre applied and put the arctic? 

Temps would be better, however MX4 is INCREDIBLY slippery so keep that in mind!

[ItzUknown]

Just now, NunoLava1998 said:

Temps would be better, however MX4 is INCREDIBLY slippery so keep that in mind!

Ohhh ok because I am switching from a 212 evo I am worried about temps but i think that it will be just fine

[TempestCatto]

I honestly do this all the time, it feels really good to touch. As stated before, won't affect anything (at least, as long as you don't touch it like I do)

[RoseTech]

It’ll just be smashed to me even more flat when you put it on the CPU.

[LogicalDrm]

Preapplied paste isn't that good anyway. You won't notice difference.