Need help on New Build and 780i MOBO

Folks,

Need your help on the new PC I'm building.

I just bought a Q6600 Core 2 Quad CPU, 2 x 2G Corsair Dominator PC28500 1066MHZ Memory and 2 x XFX 9800 GTX SLI vid cards.

The dilemna I have is on the motherboard that I need for this setup. After hearing and reading through numerous issues with the 780i chipset, I'm on a bind on whether I will pursue buying the ASUS Striker II Formula or the MSI P7N Diamond (both are on 780i). I hear that overheating is a big issue on the northbridge chip for the 780i. And I'm more concerned with stability and compatility of the components with the MOBO.

I'm a serious high graphics gamer, photoshop and lightroom user. But I don't do overclocks.

So, I need help on whether I should go for this 780 setup or just consider the Intel chipset setup.

I don't know if Intel chipsets can support SLI (or if there are MOBOs that has Intel chips+SLI support).

And plus I bought the dominators because I intended to be on the 1066 clock.

Any piece of advise? Are there other options? Do you recommend other MOBOs that are better than the ASUS and MSI mobos i mentioned above?

I heard of the heating "issues", but never heard about it really becoming an issue unless trying to overclock. Just make sure you got a well ventilated casing and you should be ok. As for Intel chipset supporting SLI, I know only one and it's only used on the Skulltrail MB (600$ dual LGA771).