just to correct something said above, intel CPUs do not shut down when they hit their thermal limit (ie 100 or 102C)
but rather, they throttle. I only know this from experience of relying on Asus's AI Suite III which never showed a temp above 67C, even when running 100% load. Then for whatever reason, i downloaded RealTemp and it was showing my temps, when running the 100% load while rendering video files, it was showing the temp hit 100c, then dropping back to 98C and immediately bouncing back to 100C. I then downloaded Intel's XTU utility, and it showed the same 98-100C temps, bouncing back and forth
the thermal limiter will drop the cpu's load until temps decrease below 100C, then let it go back to near full load and again, as soon as it hits 100c again, it will throttle the CPU
that thermal limit in the CPU saved that processor - i'd been rendering video files, 3-5 hour jobs, 1-2 a day, for 3+ months, relying on Asus's crapware utility (it was an ASUS mobo). To this day, 3 years later, when i run a benchmark in intel's XTU and compare it online with other users running the same CPU & mobo, i'm within 5% of the top benchmark, so i'm confident the intel CPUs are bullet proof, temp wise