system
A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
If that was the case....board partners wouldn't have implemented a "no CPU fan" error during post.  It's trying to protect your system from overheating. Sure your system will shut off when your CPU hits tj-max.....but do you really wanna let your system approach that temp?? Let me know how that works out for you in the future.
gpt
i mean ive done it literally hundreds of times to see if i can kill a cpu by letting it overheat. guess what i couldnt. 

Am i saying its a good idea? no.

But the chances of you killing your cpu by letting it hit tjmax and shut off are pretty much non existent.

or why do you think the cpu even shuts off at a set temp? do you actually think they would build in such a protection but set it at a temp high enough to let the chip get damaged?