New MoBo: Asus Striker or eVGA 680i SLI?

[YottaHertz]

Hey guys!

I'm looking to put together a new "budget" PC.
Here are some of the specs I'm currently considering:

Core 2 Duo E6300
Asus Striker / eVGA 680i (maybe DFI, Gigabyte.. I dunno... I don't really care how much I spend on the MoBo cuz I plan on OC'ing)
1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800 (Corsair, Patriot, OCZ, G-Skill something fancy)
450 - 500W PSU (Maybe Antec, FSP, OCZ etc. Not too expensive but reliable)
Graphics -- Trying to decide how much I wanna spend on a graphics card... Trying to decide between a 7950GT and a X1950XT (or maybe I'll go for a 7600GT or 7900GT and be done with it... I dunno yet)

Anyways, my question is this should I go for the nVidia nForce 680 architecture or should I stick to one of Intel's? Also, I kinda want quad-core support for the future....



Thanks,
Yotta

[YottaHertz]

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[carl33p]

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I doubt the Striker can justify its price. You be better off buying a faster CPU. IMO a 400$ mobo and a 200$ CPU are not proportional.
2GB of ram.