that looks like a fine board to me...core 2 quad is your ticket...
we seem to have very similar needs in a PC. Brian Weeden wrote:
Right now I'm playing Orange Box (friggin AWESOME), Bioshock (when it doesn't crash), Civ 4, and AOE 3. I'm mainly an RTS / strategy gamer but do grab the occasional FPS but only the ones with good first person as I don't get into the multiplayer shooters much. For mobo I was looking at the ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131196 Dual video cards is not something I plan on doing anytime soon but onboard USB, Fireware, LAN, and audio is.