If higher frequencies always require higher voltages we can safely say it doesn't matter. That's an attribute that is always going to apply and saying that higher frequencies kill chips is no different from saying higher voltages kill chips, unless you're attempting to make the argument that CPU's required higher voltages to reach given clocks in 2011 and before, which is generally true, however as nodes have shrunk and so have voltages. They are more 'fragile'. These modern parts would pop like an incandescent lightbulb having ice water poured on it if you attempted to run it at the same voltages pentium III ran at.

So saying a 7700k running at 4.5ghz at 1.15v is going to be less prone to failure than a 2600k running at 4.5ghz 1.35v just because of its lower voltage is not quite accurate, provided they are both properly cooled.

This post was edited by DCSS on Sep 7 2017 05:22pm

cooling only goes so far.. heat is always going to escape one way or another. Vrms aren't always cooled properly so yes your last statement is right.

may as well also mention how older vrm's aren't cooled as well because of dried up paste

This post was edited by DCSS on Sep 7 2017 05:54pm