Well I have parts beginning to arrive.  This is what I settles on.

MSI K9A2 Platinum MB
AMD Phenom 9600 (Full Retail Box, unopened.got it for $140, some kid bought it and didn't realize it wouldn't work on his Mobo, so he sold it on ebay..) :)
4GB Micron High performance Memory (2x2GB DDR2-800 DIMMs)
Samsung SATAII  DVD-RW
2xSeagate 500GB 16MB Cache 7200RPM SATAII Hard drives.
ATI Radeon 3650 512MB PCIE Video Card.
Creative Labs Audigy 2 Sound Card.
Viewsonic 22" Widescreen Monitor.
Logitech LX-500 Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Set
PoWork 600W power supply.
Thermaltake Swing ATX Mid Tower case.

I got the retail box of Vista Ultimate so I will have both the 32 and 64 bit versions (Another ebay steal at $138 from someone who couldn't get it to install on her PIII system )

I plan on triple booting with both vista versions and XP Pro for when nothing else works with something.

I am dying to see just how much speed I can get out of this box.