Which audio interface?

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Hi all!
I've been looking into home recording recently, and realised the first thing I need is an audio interface. Not having a firewire port, it'd have to be a USB 2.0 device.
I'd like to record some simple guitar tunes, and since the guitar output is mono and it'd just be the one instrument, the audio interface would only need one input line. On the other hand, I'm sure I'll be wanting more soon: I also play the violin, so the two options I can think of for recording it would either be a quality pickup somewhere on the instrument, or some sort of microphone.
I'm on a very small budget, so looking for the cheapest stuff possible. After looking around, I've found these:

gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Behringer-U-Control-UCA222-USB-Audio-Interface/AML

and

gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Tascam-US-122-MKII-USB-Audio-Interface/C09

Although the latter definitely looks the better of the two, it's also at the top end of my price range. The key differences I can see between the two is that the former would only handle the guitar, whereas the latter could also take a compressor microphone, or something else, to record a violin.
What can the second one offer me that the first one cannot, and is the difference significant enough that the cheaper of the two would not be a good option? As good as the second one looks, I'm still tempted by the first one, simply because of its lower costs.

Thanks,
Mark.
 
Apologies for the double post, but found this one also:

gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Behringer-Xenyx-302-USB-Mixer-and-Audio-Interface/IE1

As well as having two inputs (or I think it does, at least), it also has a small mixing panel. On top of this, it's cheap. Would this be a suitable option too?

(P.S. since I'm new here, I can't post links to other sites, so I had to remove the www bit from the start. Copy it into the address bar with a www prefix in front and it should work).
 
The Presonus AudioBox has two inputs. It's good for recording guitar and mics, but practically useless for line level inputs. I don't think you'll find many interfaces with just one input that you can plug guitar into.
 
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