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After my second 5770 comes in, what should I upgrade? Maybe a bigger hard disk? post links etc..!

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I say upgrade your HDD. Get a ... 640 AAKS from Western Digital? Those are pretty good and go for a decent prices. Actually these things are beast. I have a few of these. Put 2 in RAID 0 and your on you way. And maybe get a main HDD for the OS only. Like a small 64 GB SSD.
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Well a backup drive would be good regardless, but for performance I'd say pickup a couple of 7.2k / 32m drives for RAID 0 or a SSD =D

Edit: No time for links, I'm leaving work...I'll post some for ya when I get home =)
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get a 3rd 5770 or save up for watercooling

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I say upgrade your HDD. Get a ... 640 AAKS from Western Digital? Those are pretty good and go for a decent prices. Actually these things are beast. I have a few of these. Put 2 in RAID 0 and your on you way. And maybe get a main HDD for the OS only. Like a small 64 GB SSD.
this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-218-_-Product

there's no terabyte? does anyone else have a suggestion on what to do next?

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this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-218-_-Product

there's no terabyte? does anyone else have a suggestion on what to do next?
Well I was referring to the 32mb cache flavors

If going that route a couple of 500s or 640s in RAID_0 + short stroked are a very popular (and fast) choice for mechanical drives.

The 1TB is also there too, would make a great storage drive
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I've never looked into raids..what does raid basicly do?

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bump, btw I won't be going for SSD as they cost too much

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640GB Caviar Black

or, another 5770
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here it is

- Sapphire HD 5770
- WD Caviar Black 640gb

and RAID it with my current hd?

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