Choosing motherboard for new computer

[KevSC1]

I am going to be building a new computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. I?m not sure which motherboard to get.

I would like:
eSATA
external firewire
Quad Core support
Possible three PCI express x16 slots
SLI Ready
Gigabit Lan
2 Lan Ports
heatpipe cooling

I will most likely put in 2-4 gigs of ram, and use a fairly decent graphics card, 2 optical drives, and 2 hard drives, RAID not important.

First of all, I?m not sure which chipset to go with. I like the nvidia 680i, or possibly the Intel P35, P975X, or P965. But I was also looking at the upcoming X38 from Intel which would support their new 45nm processors, and PCI express 2.0. I would like to build this computer fairly soon, so I don?t want to wait really. But from what?s out there, which would be better, the 680i or the P35?

What would be a good brand or model to go with?

Thanks,
Kevan

 

[Heidfirst]

SLI Ready & 3 x16 PCI-E slots =680i chipset only.