Thanks to these two threads and more importantly those who replied and helped me make the choices!
Recommend me a motherboard for a P4 3Ghz? ,
Radeon 9700 PRO 128mb UPGRADE to 9800 PRO 128mb? and
Recommend me a 19" LCD monitor? 
Here's what I'm planning to buy as my new PC (to replace my old and VERY noisy Athlon 1400
)
- 19" Iiyama ProLite E481S Silver TFT +DVI + speakers (3 yr on-site)
- Intel® Pentium ® 4 3.2GHz (800MHz) Hyper threading 512K cache Retail inc.Fan (3 year warranty)
(I decided against the Prescott 3.0GHz in the end 
)
- Asus P4C800-E Deluxe P4 i875P AGP Pro 800FSB +Firewire +SATA/RAID +Intel gigabit LAN +6ch.audio +USB2 Dual chan. DDR +WiFi slot (up to DDR400)
- Corsair ® 1024MB TwinX Dual Memory (2 x 512MB) XMS 3200 DDR 400MHz (TwinX1024-3200C2)
- SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro 7.1 surround sound, Dolby Digital ® EX Retail
- 2x 160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 SATA 7200rpm UDMA150 8MB Cache
- PC Case - Lian-Li PC-6070A (Aquariam, case side panel)
- Antec TruePower Quiet 480W Blue Illuminated PSU with Twin Fans
- Lian-Li 5.25" Thermometer Silver
- Samcheer 3.5" Internal 6-in-One card reader (Beige, Black & Silver Bezels)
- Logitech Premium Stereo USB Headset 30
I'm keeping my existing ATI 9700 PRO 128mb g/c, DVD-RW and my MS keyboard and w/l Intellimouse Explorer
First of all
THANKS again to everyone who helped me make the
hard decisions
p.s. have I missed anything???
Please note: I've updated post#1 as and when needed going on the feedback from this thread 