I understand the guys saying don't go over high 70s etc but i don't think that operating at top 80s and even over 90c is going to shorten your cpu's life span, voltage does this far more than temp and they're extremely resilient to even voltage, to intel's credit.
The TJmax exists for a reason - that's the temperature that, if exceeded, for extended periods of time, may begin to shorten life span, and you're never going to be at that temperature for long because it will throttle and kick back down. The way i see it, any temps below that region are ok, as far as Intel is concerned, and indeed i've seen more than a few about this forum happily using settings that load 400%/800% @ 80-90c+. Maybe i've missed something but when was the last time you heard of a cpu dying because of heat and not high voltage?
Just my thoughts
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