Question about struts

At risk of repeating myself on every form I'm a member of, but really hoping for an answer...

Yeserday I was welcomed to my car by a loud clunk from the back end, I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, my passenger side strut gave out.
Naturally I went and did some pricing of different struts and now I ask the question, which is better?

I priced out both the KYB GR-2 ($74 each), the Monroe Reflex ($159 each), and the Monroe Sensitrac ($129 each) (all prices in Canadian dollars)
I'm looking for a strut that will be stiffer than the OEM ones, I realize this means I will sacrifice some ride quality in exchange for some handling, but I'm young, I can take the rougher ride. I read earlier that the KYB struts can be quite rough in the beginning untill they are broken in, but aside from this is there any drawbacks with them? I plan on adding front and rear strut tower braces by mid summer, in hopes of stiffening up the car that much more.

Thanx
Jamie

Sensa-trac's are GARBAGE. I've never used Reflex's so I don't know. I've heard good things about the KYB's (Bnaylor says he likes them, and I trust his opinion). That's the option I'd go with out of the choices you gave.

That's the option I'd go with out of the choices you gave.

Is there anything else you would recomend?

Jamie