Mobo Choice for CAD comp =]

[Gopher]

Hello
I am finally building a new comp, yey. The last time i built one was back in 2003 and it is what i still have. I would love some ideas on what a great CAD comp would consist of.

Currently my main problem is picking a mother board
As you can see i have a few choices that i have been looking at

I mainly use my computer for CAD - mainly autocad (civil 3d) and 3ds max.

i will be using my dell 24" monitor and all my periphials
after doing some research this is my list to help with the mobo choice

These items i am more sure of but please feel free to give me others:
Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $139.99
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan - Retail - $144.99
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V - Retail - $114.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail - $226.00
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $104.00
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB - $79.99
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology $38.99
EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card - $349.99

These are the motherboards i have been looking at:
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $99.99
GIGABYTE GA-N680SLI-DQ6 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $349.99
ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $209.99
ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard - Retail - $329.99

i would like to keep all of the parts under $1500 but i still want a quality CAD computer that will last for a while being somewhat upgradeable.

Thanks

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[gvblake22]

Looks like a good build you got going there. As for the motherboard, unless you want to try your hand at overclocking your system, any of the ones you listed should work just fine (given they all have the features you want/need). So I would basically go with whatever one suits your budget the best. I've heard many great things about the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, so I would suggest that one; great bang for the buck.