idk why PC Eye said none of them support SLI bc the MSI definitely does (at 8x like you said) but my vote is definitely for the Gigabyte. The ASUS is a great board, but the gigabyte has more PCI slots and more USB headers
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CPU || e8400
RAM || 2GB corsair xms2 pc6400 800mhz
HDD || 2x WD Raptor 150GB 2x WD 500GB
MBO || EVGA 680i SE
GPU || Evga 8800GT Superclocked w/ Accelero
PSU || Silverstone 750 watt
Case|| Antec p182
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