I just got into this hobby about a month ago and I went through the same thing you are right now. I decided to go with the Slash 4x4 and I am very pleased with it. It's very durable and popular so they have all kinds of hop-ups for it. I actually have 4 other friends/brothers that just bought the same truck and all of us love them. You can get one off the Tower Hobbies site and pay it out over 3 months which is very nice. You can also use online coupons to make your purchase smaller
