New I7 build, please help

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Hi, first post here.
I would be grateful if someone could look over the specs for my build, here goes!

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) – Retail £255.29 inc VAT

Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £247.24 inc VAT

Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 £63.99 Inc VAT

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) Retail (90-C1CLC0-J0UAY00Z) £121.89 inc VAT

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49 inc VAT


I have from my current build an Arctic 600W PSU, 2 x Samsung 500GB and 1 x Samsung 1TB HD's. lian Li PC-60 case.

I will be using x64 Vista and probably windows 7 when released.
Main uses will be photoshop CS4 extended mainly for panos and HDI landscapes (big files from canon 5D). Im using CS2 with 939MB and Opteron for my canon 30D at the moment so i am expecting a nice speed increase ;-)

My questions are:-

Do i need faster memory to over clock to 3.6GHz, i am not worried about much faster as long as it is stable.

Will the cooler fit in my case, i think it might be a tight squeeze (210mm wide)

Thanks in advance
 
Thanks for advice, the idea of the delux MB was that it had 16+2 Phase Power and I thought this may be more stable for OCing. But if the standard board is OK that's fine with me. Thanks for the memory advice, it seems to be falling in price all the time now! I am probably going to be ordering in 2 weeks.

Thanks again for advice.
 
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