Asus M2n Sli MB vs XFX Gforce 8200 MB

I posted this on the new build sub-forum too, but it's more about Mobo choice. Don't want to spam my question, just not certain where it belongs.


I'm building a 500 $ or so gaming rig. There are 2 interesting kits each offering an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, but one with a XFX Gforce 8200 Mb and the other with a ASUS m2n sli Mobo:
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] =P450-9120[/url]
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] =A455-2812[/url]

About the ASUS one, I don't really intend on using Sli in future upgrades, but if i do will this board deliver? Also, 800 Mhz DDR2 only, no PCIe 2.0 support
And about the XFX one, it's microATX, should i be worried ? But it's 1066 Mhz and PCIe 2.0 compatible.


The Kits are here, fyi and thoughts about this deal. I thought about adding either a 8800 GT or an ATI 4850 (no good deals atm) and an extra 2 GB of RAM

Asus
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] 5-2812%20L[/url]

XFX
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] No=4171716[/url]

I get better deals on Newegg US but i'm in Canada, so those kits offer the best savings ... Also, i do want to be able to upgrade my comp for some time (i.e new GPU, CPU, extra and better RAM).

Any thoughts much appreciated. Thanks for your time

bah sorry about the links.

Only difference with deluxe i think is the extra Pci slot, and maybe not micro-ATX ?

Kit 1 with ASUS mobo
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] No=4171727

Kit 2 with XFX mobo
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] No=4171716

And yeah i checked newegg canada, but they don't offer MIR and the prices are higher too.