> The reality is that these chips will run at 95 degrees for decades. That tends to be less and less true as semiconductor feature sizes decrease - there are t

> The reality is that these chips will run at 95 degrees for decades. That tends to be less and less true as semiconductor feature sizes decrease - there are thermal runaway phenomena that can absolutely threaten long-term endurance in CPUs, GPUs or other electronic components. At temperatures as high as 95C, you'll also have to worry about endurance in the packaging, due to e.g. thermal stress. This is a genuine issue and the gamers are quite right in being concerned about it - in fact, their rather extensive experience with running stuff in out-of-spec, "overclocked" conditions means that they can speak with some authoritativeness here.