A few days ago I asked for advice regarding two pairs of pants for an Arms Warrior who regularly tanks. I was told that +Def early on is not so important if it doesn't have stats attached to it

I bring another question. Which of these would you pick? I'm level 39 now.

>Stonefist Girdle
>234 Armor, +6 Strength, +7 Stamina, +3 All Stats (belt buckle)
From what I understand, many people keep this one well into Plate territory

>Girdle of Golem Strength
>128 Armor, +12 Strength, +3 Defense

Of course I can get a belt buckle on the second one and neutralize the +3all difference there, but even ignoring that it still seems to me like #1 is better than #2, no? 6 strength and 3 defense doesn't seem worth losing more armor and stam.