Too Many choices.

[SteveS]

Im planning on getting a 680i Motherboard, But there seems to be so many choices. Are they all basiclly the same or does 1 board stand out above all others.

They all seem to have minor problems but I guess BIOS updates will fix the bugs.

I'm torn between 2 boards at the moment.
the ASUS Striker and the ABIT IN9 32X-MAX.

But then I can also get any of the following:
Gigabyte board
ECS board? Never heard of ECS
MSI board
EVGA board

All seem to be good boards but the price varies quiet a lot, Cost isnt an issue I just want the best board.

I do however need SLI for my 8800GTX cards and I will be buying a Quad processor, so thats really the only things I am concerned with.

So can anyone help with my choice. The threads on some of the boards here are very valuable but for me make the choice even harder.

[crspyjohn]

If your going all out might as well go for the Stricker.

[Heidfirst]

ECS is the same reference board as the eVGA & eVGA support looks to be more responsive.
MSI P6N is also a reference mobo & the non-reference P6N Diamond has still to appear in retail.
Gigabyte looks interesting.