Does the maximum performance affect the resource?

Question

Processors

If I set the computer to maximum performance and the processor will idle at high frequencies, will this affect the resource? Don't worry about your electricity bill

Answer 1

Consider that the processor has an infinite resource.
In the case of a laptop, the battery will die faster

Answer 2

It will affect, but not much. Modern processors, even having set the "maximum" frequencies, themselves are able to reduce it from time to time. In fact, if the processor does not count anything, then its frequency will decrease automatically, depending on the operating mode, faster or slower, and by what jumps.
Most of all, the resource is affected by two parameters - current and heat. The stronger the current, the stronger the conductors are attracted to each other, as a result, microcracks appear in them over time, while the current strength increases even more. Adding here thermal heating and an increase in diffusion in the conductors - the processor (and not only) can quickly fail. On the other hand, usually a couple of years of such intensive use should pass before this ....
On the other hand, even manufacturers do not always know what resource their products are designed for. Even a relatively incomplete emulation of a piece of a chip takes a week on a good cluster. But usually, if the current and temperature conditions are observed, nothing bad happens even within the warranty period.