Socket 1366 Motherboards, Getting Crossfire 5770

So I just bought the antec 900 case (i missed 902 deal) and I got 8 gbs of ddr3 ram [newegg.com] on the way and I'm going to microcenter this weekend to get the i7 950 and a heatsink.

I'm waiting for the ocz vertex 2 ssd to go down (i missed that deal too >:L)

I need to find a good motherboard that supports sli/crossfire for at least 2 gpus and has the 1366 socket, I might oc my i7 and I'm wondering if motherboards go on sale or if I should just buy one now. I need to build my computer by christmas. I was thinking about getting this motherboard motherboard [newegg.com]

Also, I'm not sure if I should get the ati 5770 [newegg.com] 115 each after mir, I wanted to get two, are there any cheaper or better gpus? I want to run starcraft 2, black ops, crysis 2 on max and I want to work on at least 3 displays. I also wanted to atleast run mw2 on medium on eyefinity to show off too .

What would be faster, 2 128 bit ati 5770 or one 256 bit card o-o

May I suggest: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro..._-20145328

And it depends on what 256 bit card you're talking about.

Quote from mreik : May I suggest: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro..._-20145328 And it depends on what 256 bit card you're talking about.

any 256 bit card from 150~250 vs two crossfired 126 bit cards 100~150 each. And i'm wondering about a cheap lga1366 motherboard.. I already got the ram.

Quote from APhamX : any 256 bit card from 150~250 vs two crossfired 126 bit cards 100~150 each. And i'm wondering about a cheap lga1366 motherboard.. I already got the ram.

I realize that, you got 2 sticks planning to put it into a 1366 socket that does best with triple channel. And I would get a pair of 6850's, even if you have to wait a week or so for them to be closer to your budget.

Quote from mreik : I realize that, you got 2 sticks planning to put it into a 1366 socket that does best with triple channel. And I would get a pair of 6850's, even if you have to wait a week or so for them to be closer to your budget.

triple channel is more expensive and not much of a big performance increase. 6000 series? Thats a ton of money

A 1156 socket would also have been cheaper, but you seem to have paid a little more for that memory controller to be on the CPU eh? But you'll skimp on the memory itself. The price difference/gb is actually almost non-existent. Anyways, yeah the 6850's are a little more but only $30 each (and that's retail price) over your budget.

Quote from mreik : A 1156 socket would also have been cheaper, but you seem to have paid a little more for that memory controller to be on the CPU eh? But you'll skimp on the memory itself. The price difference/gb is actually almost non-existent. Anyways, yeah the 6850's are a little more but only $30 each (and that's retail price) over your budget.

Not a good choice if he is going to be running more than one video card since the 1156 chipset limits the amount of PCI-E lanes and slots.

Quote from LiquidRetro : Not a good choice if he is going to be running more than one video card since the 1156 chipset limits the amount of PCI-E lanes and slots.

There's tons of 1156 boards that support SLI and CF, they were mostly limited upon release.