Anything I Should Change?

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Well I'm going to finally upgrade my computer (my Radeon 9500pro needs retiring) and had the following in mind, is there anything I should change or does this look ok to you guys?
Hopefully I'll order this lot tonight.

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£199.95 £199.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£109.95 £109.95
CA-039-AN Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Silver) (CA-039-AN)
£75.95 £75.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£61.95 £61.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£63.95 £63.95
CB-000-WD Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD)
£5.95 £5.95
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£5.50 £5.50
GS-014-EV Everglide Titan Gaming Mat (GS-014-EV)
£11.95 £11.95
Subtotal £898.05
VAT £157.16
Total £1,055.21

Thanks!
 
Can't see any problems there myself. You've chose well on the gfx and the case ;)

What made you settle on the p180?
 
Looks good, very similar to what I've just ordered as well.

Only thing is that if you're overclocking then some of the gigabyte boards + 6600 + G-skill seem to have compatibility problems and (sometimes?) won't allow for the fsb to go over 400. I know this issue is around with the DS3 but haven't found anyone to confirm/disprove the rumour when the DS4 is used. But then again, 3.6gig is a decent overclock anyway; unless you're running water you probably wouldn't want to go any higher.

Also, P180 has it's weird PSU-on-the-bottom thing going on, and the DS4 has the 4pin motherboard connecter (forget the tech. name) rather high. I dunno how long the Tagan cables are though.
 
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