Need some advice for a mb...

[ChAIn3D]

Hi guys,

I'm building a new system, I think I've more than less know what I'm getting now, just slightly baffled on the MB... I've looked at 3 MBs so far, I would like the option of SLI if i decided to get another gfx card.

Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
EVGA nForce 780i SLI nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
XFX nForce 780i SLI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Normally I would straight away go with the Asus, but after reading some reviews, people slated the software used. Out of the above, what would you recommend, unless you think something else would suit my system.

System:

BenQ FP241W 24" Widescreen HDMI/HDCP LCD HD Monitor - Silver/Black £339.99 (£399.49)
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 (£19.96)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB046000000) £45.99 (£54.04)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) £99.99 (£117.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £199.99 (£234.99)
Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU £107.99 (£126.89)
Samsung (2x) SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £133.98 (£157.42)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £179.99 (£211.49)

Total: £1,124.91

 

[stannous]

I`d be tempted by either the EVGA or XFX boards as they`ll almost certainly be nvidia reference boards and Asus have a habit of doing their own thing (leads to poor cpu voltage supply/management in my experience).