Mobo search is on

Time to go back to college is near and i need to upgrade my pitiful comptuer im on now...

Ive been reading reviews of the Soyo Dragon Ultra, and so far im planning on getting that one; anyone who has this board ever have any problems with it?
Also ive read somewhere that harddrives running at 133 today dont really benefit because of some bottleneck (bus speed?); any truth to this