I'm buying a NEO2 and 3500+ winnie.. need help!!

[ZeroSanity]

Hi guys, i'm buying a mobo/cpu/heatsink/ddr booster to replace my old AXP+DFI INFINITY and to go with what i allready have in my OCing setup, but before i do this i need a little help & advice..

If you look on this page (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ocket_939.html) from overclockers the MSI Neo2 Platinum looks different from the normal black pcb and has a totally different layout, however, the MSI K8N Neo2-54G Platinum Wi-Fi Edition seems to have the usual layout. My question is which one shall i go for and what are the differences between the two revisions? I am planning to use my microcool NorthPole on the chipset and an XP-120 to cool the CPU, will i have any problems fitting them?

Also, i heard somewhere that i will have to flash the mobo before it will boot with a winchester, is this true? I can't afford to buy a newcastle just to flash the damn thing lol!

My planned setup:
3500+ winchester (cooling: Thermalwright XP-120 & 120mm YS-Tech)
NEO2 Plat (cooing: Microcool NorthPole)
2X512mb OCZ platinum LE BH-5
OCZ DDR BOOSTER(!)
x800 pro vivo->XT w/VGA Silencer
Antec TrueControl 550w

I am also worried about the vga silencer being too large for the northpole to sit in it's place, if so perhaps i would be better off the red pcb layout?? or is this just a wrong picture on their website?

Anyway, please help!

Thanks all