New Computer with the P965 Platinum

Hello. I'm new to computer building. I'm tired of Dell. I just ordered the following setup:
1 Thermaltake Bach VX Mid Tower Computer Case
1 Thermaltake Purepower 600W Power Supply
1 MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard
1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
1 ZALMAN 9700 CPU Cooler
1 Mushkin eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
1 EVGA GeForce 8800GTX
2 SAMSUNG 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
1 SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R SATA DVD Burner
1 ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive
1 Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate
Did I screw anything up? I was wondering if I will be able to assemble the computer and have it boot the first time. Or should I expect problems? Does anyone have any insight or wisdom for me as to what I should expect?
I had a few specific questions:
1.) RAID0 configuration: Is there more than one RAID controller? If so, which is better?
2.) Windows Vista (32 bit) installation: Is there anything I should do before installing Vista?
3.) Overclocking: After the dust settles I want to mildly overclock my CPU, GPU, and RAM. Does anyone have any recommended overclock settings or links on how to do this?
Thank you.

Why overclock? Mainly because of intellectual curiosity and because faster is better all else equal. It's like Spinal Tap - I want my volume to go to 11!
Thanks T_smith for the overclocking how-to, but it appears my BIOS options on the P965 are different that yours. I will start a thread in the Overclocking forum.
My computer runs great and is fast. It's been quite a learning experience so far. You guys have been a lot of help. Thank you.
I created a bootable USB drive (definitely good to have around) and flashed the BIOS to 1.5b3.
At boot time, the computer beeps once for every USB device that is plugged into the computer. Is there a way to disable that beep in the BIOS? I have a USB mouse and keyboard and it's a bit annoying to listen to the beeps.
I installed CPU-Z. I got a scare to see my CPU idling at 1.6 GHz instead of 2.67 GHz (6 multiplier vs. 10 multiplier). Then I realized it was completely normal because of Intel SpeedStep.
I installed MSI DualCore Monitor, nVidia nTune, CoreTemp to monitor my temps.
Here are my temps:
Closed case (messy wires still)
- GPU 68 C
- System 40 C
- CPU 34 C (CoreTemp & DualCore Monitor) vs. CPU 40 C (H/W in BIOS)
Does anyone know why the CPU temp measurements differ so dramatically? SpeedStep?
If I take the side panel off the computer, all temps drop 3-5 C.
I noticed that HDD write cache is disable by default. Do you guys think it's worth enabling? It's a performance vs. data protection question. I don't mind a little data loss in the event of a power failure, but I don't want the OS to become permanently unstable.

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