Overclocking without raising voltages decrease lifespan?

[dbaldus]

I'm able to get a little extra speed out of my 3500+ without raising my voltage up at all from 1.35 volts (2.4 up from 2.2Ghz). I was just wondering if simply running the card at a faster speed will decrease the lifespan of the card at all since I'm not raising the voltages at all? I know that raising the voltage past the recommended voltage can decrease the lifespan, but since I'm not (and am actually running it at a lower voltage than recommended with an extra 200mhz) will the lifespan of the processor be shortened at all?

 

[TicTac]

I'm not sure many know the answer of that for certain, but theres no way youre likely to lose that processer within at least 5 years i don't think.

But to be honest, I still haven't read a story with someone losing an AMD cpu purely from overclocking bad luck. . even at higher volts.