I920, x58 Upgade Choice. Opinions/Suggestions?

a63nt

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I'm planning on upgrading my Motherboard, CPU & RAM & am thinking about a setup like this:

CPU:
Intel Core i7-920 'D0 Stepping' Quad Core Processor
SPEED: 2.66GHz, CORES: 4,
BUS: 4.8GT/s, CACHE: 8MB L3
SKT: 1366

MOTHERBOARD:
Gigabyte GA X58A-UD3R Socket 1366 Motherboard (rev 2.0)
SKT: 1366 RAM: DDR3 upto 2200Mhz (24GB)
VGA: 4xPCI-e x16 SLOTS: 1xPCI-e x2 1xPCI
NETWORK: 10/100/1000Mbps LAN USB: 12
SOUND: 7.1 SATA: 10 FORM: ATX

MEMORY:
6GB Corsair Dominator: 3 x 2 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - Triple Channel Memory Kit
Full Intel i7 and X58 Support
1600 MHz ( PC3-12800 )
CAS 7-7-7-20
6GB (3 x 2GB Sticks)
Mnfr# TR3X6G1600C7D

CPU COOLER:
Prolimatech Magahalems CPU Cooler
for Intel Socket 775 and 1366

I plan to do a little overclocking (as you may have already guessed given the choice of components) :D

Basically I just want a little feedback on the various Pro's & Con's of the parts I have chosen?

Thanks to anyone who replies.