Yes to some degree, I dont push my overclocking to the max, but saving the life of my hardware has never been an issue sofar, most of us usually buy new stuff after a couple of years anyway. If I am somehow shortening the life of the hardware, it still doesnt shorten its life into within these 2 (max 3) years only which I will be using it. After that it doesnt matter anyway, the computer goes to someone else, and I lower the clock back to stock, and if it hasnt broken yet on OC it wont break on stock for many years :smartass: