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Personally I'd get the best value for money pack if you're doing it on the cheap as it's not like you're going to see much difference in quality
The 20kg & 25kg will be the same height just different thickness.
If you can stretch your budget a bit the best thing you can do is buy a nicer barbell from ABC or AKB for $400-$600, then buy cheap weights. The bar is the important thing, weight is weight (unless we're talking about bumper plates where they will be thrown around in which case you'll want to spend on the complete package).
I have owned a barbell & weights from gymdirect before and they do the job. I threw mine around a bit and ended up bending the bar, but if you look after it it won't just break on you (and if it does I'm pretty sure gymdirect give you a 12month warranty on all their products).
One thing I'd suggest when your bar arrives get the scale out and weigh it so you know how much it actually weighs and you're not cheating yourself on PB's . My cheap 7' bar only weighed 18.5kg, not 20kg. My mates one only weighed 16.4kg LOL.
Rubber or metal? It's a preference thing. I like metal d/bells but rubber plates for b/bell work. Used both with the only advantage metal has over rubber (for me) is the "musical" sound they make when they rub together