Hello,
You get anything else down in the socket and you're going to spend the money on a new system anyway.
No, I only put very little so it couln't run unto anything else.
Meanwhile I got my thermal paste, but the temperature is the same as it was with the creme.
I will probably have to look for a better cpucooler, this one is only the one you get included in the box when you buy a cpu.
My complete system is close to 8 years old, so I am not surprised one or the other part is getting bad.