[umpadupa]

Thank man, OK so i ran out to Ncix and i ended up with ( if any1 cares, this is for future ref if anyone needs. XP pro, running on AM2 chipset, switch over to AM3,AM3+ works, with the following. Make sure ur Motherboard is compatible with XP and that it has its own onboard gpu just to get u booted and looking on the screen for updates. U will need to reinstall ALL drivers and delete old.)

ASUS M5A78L-M
ASUS HD 6570 1Gg
AMD Athlon II 3-core
1 stick of 4g ram

Total about $360 all in. good for basically everyday computing, and u noe what else.... plus a lil old school gaming.

Everything is running good. HOWEVER as lilaznviper is sayin, its telling me too much has changed and i need to reinstall/re activate my OS which shouldnt be hard since i have all my keys and cd (yes i found it.)

THANKS guys and thanks RS