AMD E-450 Thermal Paste or Pad?

[bmorton18]

I have an AMD-E450 and I had to take the heatsink off to remove the mobo from my htpc and noticed the thermal pad has a couple of really tiny holes in it. Should I just take it off and use some thermal paste that I have or replace with another thermal pad? I'm going to have to take off the heatsink again here on Friday so that will be a good time to apply the paste if I wanted to. The temps seem fine though with the small holes. Thanks for help in advance.

 

[Melon]

Nah, I'd just leave the pad since it's for a HTPC.