Motherboard Upgrade

[JeepCo]

Greetings, I would appreciate your suggestions and comments about upgrading my motherboard, video card and memory. I am no longer interested in SLI/CF, so a motherboard that will support one Radeon HD 4870, or one HD 4870 X2 will suffice. Is the 4870 X2 overkill for my system? This PC is used strictly for gaming, mostly FPS.
What did the fish say when it swam into concrete? Answer at bottom.

MB EVGA 680i SLI 775 A1 (DEAD)
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
Memory 2x1 Gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 CM2X1024-6400C4
PSU Thermaltake Tough Power 850-watt
GPU 2-EVGA 8800 GTS in SLI
HD Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 320-GB Hard Drive
Heatsink/Fan Zalman 9700
Monitor Acer 22” LCD P221w
OS Windows XP Home
Case Antec Performance One P180
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[fatcat]

There is a contradiction between what you're saying about not wanting CF or SLI and the list you post saying that GPU will be 2 8800 in SLI, which one is going to be ?

Anyways if you go with a single card solution and don't require SLI, I would change my MB for something with an Intel chipset, much more hassle free and stable. A P45 MB would complement what you already have nicely. There's a bunch of P45 models that offer an extensive plethora of options, just got to pick one that suits your need.