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paulca:
I suppose it's a good question.  Does it actually do any harm.

Leaving aside the concerns that overclocking boards like the motherboard I have, allow you to play with the dangerous settings and could probably override the CPUs protections enough to cook it fairly quickly.

Running the chips hard on high power does apparently degrade the silicon faster.  So maybe the chip might last 12 years instead of 15.  Shrug.  Who will want a 5800X in 12 years?

The other issue gamers face is that different overclocks (especially manual ones) are prone to seasonal issues, warmer in summer etc.  That silicon degradation can also bite when the chip or some tiny part of it will not longer clock or volt as high as before.

I normally find the peak overclock, get a few benchmarks and then reduce it down to something much more sane and stable for daily use.

I have set an undervolt/underpower profile, which as suggested only loses about 1% performance for a reduction on 50W of power.
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