I've done a bit of searching and found
"
ACBTaskMan"
which provides a very in depth processor monitor using a graph.
I've downloaded it and while I think its not bad (and I did pay them the $8.00 for it) its also not exactly what I was looking for.
What I am still hoping to find is some way to replace the taskmanager tab on the task bar. Something that shows me the few processes that are active and the processor performance.
The acbTaskMan software is awesome but its a bit more info that I'm looking for in this case.