Well I have changed a couple things in the comp
I am now going with a 2.8 ghrtz p4 proc. To me the 1.8 gain from 2.8 to 3.06 is not worth 200 bucks. At that speed the difference will be barely noticable. Also the HT technology on a 3.06 is good but is not currently being utilized by and applications, and by the time HT tech is finally starting to be used and become important then , who knows, you might be able to get 4.0 ghrtz proc for 300 bucks.
Also yes I would really like to go with a 850 chipset by intel , but DDR is now better performance wise than RDram and RDram is so expensive its not worth it.
Im still having trouble understand the windows XP deal... so you mean the "hardware" i have to buy is the actual install cd, and Im only paying 147 just for the registration code?...... if so where do I get this "hardware"