I was recommended that mother board from a very good friend. One that i have known for over 5 years now and he has never steered me wrong yet. He uses it himself so that alone tells me it has to be decent. Then he linked me to a review of it.
MSI P6N SLI Platinum - Lauren Barnard - Maximum PC
As for that CPU that is the exact one i looked at. That would give you some extra boost if you could get it stable @ 4GHz. But even if you could get 3.8 or 3.6 you would still have a advantage. The biggest thing will be the RAM. CPU is great and all but RAM is also a big thing.
MSI P6N SLI Platinum - Lauren Barnard - Maximum PC
As for that CPU that is the exact one i looked at. That would give you some extra boost if you could get it stable @ 4GHz. But even if you could get 3.8 or 3.6 you would still have a advantage. The biggest thing will be the RAM. CPU is great and all but RAM is also a big thing.