I agree with you, but with the caveat that CPUs should be able to run flat-out, indefinitely at rated voltage. In this case, people are over-volting the CPU by

I agree with you, but with the caveat that CPUs should be able to run flat-out, indefinitely at rated voltage. In this case, people are over-volting the CPU by up to 40% so running the hardest workloads simply pushes an amount of power (heat) through the CPU that it was never intended to handle.