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Oh hi.

It isn't recommended to re-use thermal paste as it can dry out and crack, or create gaps of air. That probably goes double for the stuff that comes pre-applied. If you have some laying around, I'd clean it off with some alcohol and a swab and re-apply, it's pretty cheap. If you don't have any laying around, I'd put it back together, order some off the internet, and when it gets in the mail I'd re-apply it.

It won't hurt your computer if it thermally throttles. It will bring down the clock speed to protect itself if it has to.