Fans? CPU, North Bridge, South Bridge?

[dan_plus_o]

Hello I am going to be getting the following setup:

Motherboard: eVGA nForce 680i SE SLI (TR Version)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (3.0 GHz)
GFX: eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked 320MB PCI-Express
Ram: 2GB OCZ DDR2 OCZ2N800SR2GK PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Dual Channel
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA
OS: Windows XP Pro
PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700W Power Supply (Might change my mind for the PSU)

Now I know the eVGA motherboard comes with a fan for the north bridge but has no fan for the south bridge. Should I be getting a fan for the south bridge as well? I read that you don't need a fan for the South bridge or North bridge when using that motherboard unless you are going to over clock. Is that true?

And for the Intel processor... I may be mistaken but I think the Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 comes with a fan.. Can anyone verify this? And if it does come with a fan, is it a good one or should I be buying a better one?

 

[ride3k]

if you buy retail, yes it will come with a fan but dont expect any huge over clocks with the stock hsf. If you want to overclock, a zalman or tuniq tower are good choices for cooling the cpu

 

[ThatGuy16]

Mine has a fan on the north bridge, the south bridge don't need the extra cooling. As for the cpu, yes the "retail" comes with a cheap heatsink/fan. But i would suggest a zalman 9500/9700 or a Thermalright Ultra Extreme.

 

[dan_plus_o]

I won't be doing any over clocking anytime soon so should I just stick with the fan the CPU comes with until I get into over clocking? I would assume intel wouldn't include a fan with their processor if it wasn't good enough to handle the processor at stock settings.

 

[ThatGuy16]

Well it will work but it might get a little "warm", if you got the money i would go ahead and get a aftermarket heatsink and install it while your putting it together. But its up to you. I mean its not like it should overheat with the stock one but, when it comes to anything electronic. Cooler is always better.