So after watching the Scrapyard Wars series, it finally pushed me to building my first pc. I was on a really tight budget so this was the best solution and looked promising to me. I surfed Craigslist for a while before coming across a deal. It was complete pc with no OS or side panels. It was sporting a Intel Duo quad core Q6600 with a stock cooler, a gigabyte motherboard, 4gb (2x2gb) of Gskill 800 mgz DDR2 ram, a 1Tb hard drive, 2 dvd drives (non sata) and a ATI Radeon HD 4870 gpu for the low price of $135. 
I also scored a 22in samsung monitor for $50
I ordered a Cooler Master AIO 120mm cooler for $50 on Newegg plus has a mail in rebate. And for the OS I went with Linux Mint for now. I already had a new case that I picked up for $30 that included a usb keyboard and mouse and some cheap speakers. The case is horrible for cable management but here she is with everything installed.
