Ok! good news, thanks to my loyal fans i'm -really- close to getting just enough money for the parts I need but I know very little about hardware and wanted to get a second opinion, perhaps some insight of someone with more knowledge.
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115221
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128437
Casing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197
Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145331
This is the power supply i'm going to salvage from my current PC: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...s%20650%20watt
Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130572
Hard Drive: Not really sure what make or brand it is, kinda afraid to mess with it but hard drives are pretty universal, right?
Lastly, I might try to upgrade to windows 7, just because my original OS disk seems to have problems and I know I need to format my hard drive.