what would you choose?

[CrayonMuncher]

hi getting a new mobo soon hopefully and since i have an amazon.com gift cert i can only order from amazon.com then get it shipped to me in the UK.

And as i can get more gift certs but cant currently get anymore cash, im a bit stuck.

so looking at around $100 for the mobo came up with these choices

first two are msi, ones LGA 1156, the others am3 and have what i want, (preferably AM3) and lga1156 one looks quite nice but is MATX, on the am3 ddr3 is limited to 1600 which is also why i'm having trouble deciding

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-LGA1156-4...UTF8&coliid=I11517F329TE8T&colid=D901TUOBIBXD

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-NVIDIA-nF...UTF8&coliid=I3NSFI5XLEELXJ&colid=D901TUOBIBXD

These two are gigabyte and ASUS both brands i trust and have, unlike MSI, both have what i need but lack crossfire or SLI and have a PCI-E X4 as well as the 16.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-M4A785TD...UTF8&coliid=I1SOY8EVV2XJPI&colid=D901TUOBIBXD

http://www.amazon.com/785G-MAX-16GB...=UTF8&coliid=I5TXX2X5DYRZM&colid=D901TUOBIBXD

so what would you choose? MSI with everthing or sacrafice one thing for something that is tried and tested.

thanks.

 

[daisymtc]

Mobo - Do you need onboard VGA?

May be these?
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-SATA-Chip...4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1283347158&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Sock...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1283347158&sr=1-1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402&Tpk=Asus M4A79XTD EVO

Please bare in mind, you could be ask to pay VAT some other charges. You would probably looking at extra 25 - 30% on top of $100.
I think the best way is sell the gift card to some one in US and ask him to pay by paypal.

 

[CrayonMuncher]

thanks for the input, i am also aware of the taxs and stuff they are nice suggestions but if you scroll to shipping info you will see the words i hate to see atm

'Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.'

there are marketplace sellers that sell these, but im buying ram from amazon there shipping works out cheaper all at once.

i cant sell them becasue it is a gift cert number not card and companies only take the cards not the numbers and its a lot of hassle, i also, if needed, re-sell in the uk the stuff i buy for around the same price and make the money that way.