p4p800 or Gigabyte 8IPE 1000 Pro?

[Y.C.]

Hi, everyone~

I need everyone's suggestion about my computer.... I am going to
assemble a new set of computer for architecture 3D and AutoCAD.....
not for game. My idea is as following~

CPU:
Intel P4 2.4G <=== prefer FSB800 unless I have to use P4PE, then I
have to pick FSB533. I should buy the fan for the CPU, too right?
Which kind?

Motherboard:
Asus P4P800 (P4P800 VM? any different?) or <==== I checked this one
is very picky on the RAM and VGA Card, specially the ram from
Kingston.
Gigabyte 8IPE 1000 Pro or <===== not a lot of people have comments
on this one
Asus P4PE <===== this one will be my last choice since the other two
above have better future for upgrading....... am I right?

RAM:
DDRAM400 256MBX2 or 512MB, TwinMOS, Kingston, Corsair or Samsung?

Graphics Card:
Nvida GeForce 4 Ti 4200 or
ATI Radeon 9500 pro this one is great, but expensive >_<....... worthy
for spending this kind of money?

HD:
80G WD or Maxtor?

CD-RW:
LiteOn LTR-52246S 52R 52W 24RW or
PlexWriter 48/24/48A

Case no idea~

System stablility is my first piority since I don't know hardware that
well..... I have tried my best to search all kinds of
information..... sometimes I am wondering if I should take the future
upgrading possibility as the part of the consideration. Technology
is changing everyday!!!

Thank you! All kinds of suggestions are welcome!

Sincerely,

Y.C.

 

[Dolp]

Well, b4 I bought P4P800DX, I also thought of Gigabyte 8IPE1000Pro if I was
going to get a non-RAID mb.

IMHO, P4P800 (non-DX) and Gigabyte 8IPE1000Pro are similar in terms of
function. But i think if you are going to overclock P4P800 is better than
8IPE1000Pro. I am not sure, but for 8IPE1000Pro you can use IrDA but P4P800
can't.

Both of them can their own technology to avoid problems in flashing bios.

I think 8IPE1000Pro is cheaper than P4P800 in your place?