Mobo Selection Help Please

Setting up a new system as follows :
Intel 4 2.8 CPU , 2 x Kingmax 512MB DDR 3200 , Radeon 9200 SE based videocard , Western Digital 80GB hard drive 7200 rpm , Viewsonic VP171b LCD monitor .
Not looking to overclock at all , but interested in stability and good non-overclocked performance . Was originally suggested the Aopen - MX4SG4DN mobo . As this uses the Intel 865G chipset with onboard graphics , I thought better to use an 865PE chipset mobo as no need for onboard graphics . The Aopen is also a micro ATX mobo . The only decent looking 865PE mobo this dealer has is Intel D865PERL . Would the Intel indeed be the better choice here , or possibly the fact that the Aopen is a much newer mobo , makes it better , even with the onboard graphics to be turned off ,and the micro ATX size ?
Another question - would a SATA drive make any difference here ?

Thanks 01die . Another dumb question . As the mobo has raid support , would there be any advantage in putting two 40GB disks on raid , as opposed to 80gb with no raid ?

2 suggestions. If possible get an abit IS7 series board, they are cheap but are well recomended around here. The other thing is do not buy the 2.8 until after feb. 2 as prices are supposed to go down then.

SATA right now is really no difference than the current IDE drives except that they use less voltage. The SATA 300 drives will be much better and a great buy when they come out.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)