Swap 680i for 790i?

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Hey peeps

I have a Asus striker extreme 680i mobo, but am currently looking at the MSI P7N2 Diamond nForce 790i Ultra SLI Socket 775, you can pick these up for £100.00

I dont have the cash (and wont have for a while) to upgrade to i7 so was thinking of getting this board, Ideally if i bought a 790i i would get the striker II extreme, but they still cost £200.00, this MSi mobo looks a complete bargin, with the same 790i Ultra chipset as the Asus.

Is this to good to be true, or am i missing something. I have found some reviews which all seem to like this board, i have no experience with MSi product, so please let me know your thoughts.

I have 2 x GTX260's so need too stick to nVidia chipset's, this side of i7's.
 
^^ Yeah, price's are pretty resonable though, £65.00 for decent dual channel kit of 4GB.

Also i would sell my current Striker Extreme + 4GB RAM DDR2, for around £100, so the upgrade price for the 790i would be pretty resonable :)
 
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