Finally got 'er done. I know it isn’t cutting edge but it works for me. Parts from www.newegg.com. About $1400 US
Asus A8N-sli deluxe mobo
AMD Opteron 175 (Denmark) Dual Core 64bit cpu
2 gigs Corsair ram
540 gigs of sata and IDE HD storage
7900gto 512 ram nvidia video
Audigy2 zs platinum sound
multi-mode chip card and floppy drive
2 dvd rw multi x roms
thermaltake full tower (black)
multi-mode lan-modem interface
and best of all - Ubuntu Linux