Is there anything hardware wise that should affect a plugged in laptops performance? Bodies and glass are pretty obviously going to deteriorate and a lot of th

Is there anything hardware wise that should affect a plugged in laptops performance? Bodies and glass are pretty obviously going to deteriorate and a lot of that will be about how you care for your machine as well as build quality but they shouldn't affect performance. Thermal compound? I have no idea if that will affect performance under "normal" use.