Thanks again aetherh4cker, you have been of more help then I could have hoped for. I'll definately take a look at the componenets you suggested and try to figure out what is the best deal I should get based on my money constraints. Considering $300 is out of my price range for any one componenent, your words are very comforting, and as such, Intel sounds like its the best deal so far. Also having a flexable motherboard for anything later is conveniant no matter what side of the fence your on. You also guessed right, I probably won't put in dual video cards, at least not for a few years, so your intial choice may be the right idea. For anyone else who might have a similar problem later, I'll post my findings once I get to my decision.
On a slightly different note, when shopping around, some people are saying if you find a CPU/Motherboard bundle it is usually the best deal you can get, the only reason I mention this is because newegg has a bunch of bundle deals that expire by the end of the year of 07. Are these deals usually cost effecient? Just a random thought but if anyone has any experience with this it would be nice to hear about it.