Cheap motherboard for Phenom II X3 HTPC

I have a spare Phenom II X3 710 and low profile Radeon 5550, and I want to stick them (and a spare 320GB hard disk) in an Enermax Laguna case and make that into an HTPC (which will be used for video viewing/capture and perhaps a little gaming).

I'm planning to buy a cheap micro-ATX motherboard and have several options (these are the options available at the store where I plan to buy the case):

1. Biostar A880G
Pros: newish chipset; HDMI slot nice as a backup (though not really necessary)
Cons: no info on the web (only A880G+); Biostar has a crappy site; no PCIe x1 (I might want to stick a video capture card there)

2. ASRock 960GM-S3 FX
Pros: PCIe x1 slot; ASRock utilities (XFast stuff in particular) sound nice; AM3+ so more future proof
Cons: PCIe x1 slot is adjacent to the graphics card

3. Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2P (rev 3.0, probably, couldn't get a definitive answer)
Pros: Two PCIe x1 slots, one not adjacent to the graphics card; I've owned several Gigabyte MB's and never had problems with them
Cons: Old chipset (lower HT speed, probably first gen PCIe)

I think that option 1 doesn't have any real benefit, so the choice is between 2 and 3. What do you think?

I'm leaning more towards option 3 because I found another store which sells the case and its prices are cheaper, and it doesn't have option 2. Still, the low HT speed and first gen PCIe bother me. Don't know if they'd really matter though (the PCIe version probably not, considering the low end card).