HP Pavilion p2-1124 salvaging and what motherboard to use.

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I have an HP Pavilion p2-1124 desktop pc and there is the stock Mini-ITX motherboard sitting in it. I was wondering if I could throw out the Mini-ITX and put an ATX or Mini-ATX in it. I am a budget gamer and am salvaging the case, optical drive, the OS and the 500GB hard drive. I need a motherboard, power supply, processor (preferably 4 cores but 2 does good too), CPU Cooler (maybe ?), Graphics Card (GTX 730, 750Ti or others) and Memory (DDR3/ or 4). I'm trying to squeeze this in $270. Used and refurbished parts work too. This is all temporary for 3-6 months until I can scrape more money up.

Pavilion Specs: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c03364038

P.S. Thanks for help and suggestions! Any thoughts are welcomed and please don;t be rude about my budget and limited money and resources. Not all of us have massive bank accounts!