Quote Originally Posted by Freelancer View Post
I really doubt anything is going to die faster than it should with my current setup.

I had to write a entire 10 page report at college during my engineering studies as to risks and rewards for overclocking IC's and one of the results of my research while doing said thesis was that the higher you clock the hardware past it's standard limit the shorter the potential lifespan.
A lot of manufacturers know the limits of their hardware but clock the products lower to gain a medium between silicon life and part performance.
this is due to Electromigration,This is a quote taken from my one of my sources from the report I had to do:
When the processor is run at a speed that is higher than it is supposed to be run at, there is a chance that the internal components in the processor may break down over time. The internal features of a CPU are sized in the range of microns. It is possible that when the processor is stressed by running at too high a frequency, along with the extra heat that overclocking incurs, that the actual metal lines inside the processor may form shorts or opens and damage the processor over a period of time. How likely this is to happen, and how long it takes is really not known. The system may work fine for a while and then suddenly stop working.
I hope that clears thing's up for you.