Best motherboard to go with this spec?

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Decided against a shuttle system due to the poor choice of available motherboards, so trying to find the smallest possible case that will take a full size mobo!
The system will mostly be used for gaming.

Case
Antec Super lanboy - £60 (private sale)
http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=15001

CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) £150.39 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-128-IN

RAM
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £67.00
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Graphics card
Graphics card geforce 8800GTS
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
500MHz Core, 320MB 1600MHz GDDR3 Memory - £171.54
Http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-054-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=877

Hard disk
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache £51.69 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-078-SE

Optical Drive:
Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter £22.31 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-086-SA

So far that comes to £523.00
Budget, about £900.

I intend on overclocking the chip in the future, am pretty familiar with CPU OC'ing. What motherboard would you recommend for this spec? Just realised...Need a PSU as well!

I also need a TFT monitor, looking at 19", although not sure for gaming if I should go widescreen monitor or normal 1280x1024?
Monitor Samsung SM-931C 19" LCD Monitor £176.24 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-053-SA&groupid=17&catid=276&subcat=
^^is that one any good?
 
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I'd go with a Gigabyte DS3P or an Asus P5N-E 650 SLi for the motherboard, both are around ~£85ish.

PSU I'd go for a Corsair HX 520w (£70) or perhaps the 620w (£100) but you really have no need for the higher powered one with that system. :)
 
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