Congrats on the gun. One of my 1911s is a full sized Springfield and it's been a great gun.
For reasonable price I'd have to say some model of Springfield. For unreasonable I'd suggest Colt, Kimber, H&K.
Heres my suggestion. Buy the best 1911 you can NOT afford . shoot the heck out of it have fun and enjoy the gun. Five + years from now that gun will be worth much more then you payed for it and you would have all the enjoyment of owning a high-end gun.