I bought an interstate for my car recently, I think I got it at sans club, there or Costco.. Whichever one sells the interstate batteries. I was going to get an optima, but read about too many people having issues with them and passed, they cost more anyway.
My ac delco stock battery lasted from sept of 00 to sept of 10, so ten years(110k miles).
I'm running hid's in lows and fogs, and running a 1000w amp with two 12's, 200w headunit, and a 200w amp to my speakers with no problems. Can even play music in my car for a while and have no starting issues.