Question Huge performance loss after replacing the thermal paste ?

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VRMs on your board have no heatsinks attached. There is no thermal paste.

And how exactly do you damage a thermal paste?
I realized that my vrm are indeed hot but my CPU temp is at 100 on stress test so it was 70 at max before so I think the paste is damaged too