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What should I get with my $250 that I get for Christmas?

I kinda want to add onto my Sig-Rig but i'm not quite sure.

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So I'm sure what I should get? SSD? CPU? Not quite sure.
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If you're a gamer, like myself, you should upgrade the video card(s).
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GPU needs an upgrade
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Upgrade the hard drives but not to ssd, go with a pair of wd 640 blacks and raid0 them, also upgrade that gpu setup to say a 260. Sell the two 9600gt's and the three wd 250's and buy another 260.
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Easily the GPU.

You could sell them for a decent bit (maybe $100) and get a 5850/5870 for kicks.
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If you're a gamer, like myself, you should upgrade the video card(s).
personally,thats wat i would do
for $250,u could probably get a 5850 pretty soon,
so good luck man
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Seems like you multi-task a lot so I'd say SSD. Everything is very snappy with it.
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I'm Deciding between SSD or a EVGA 260... I'm not quite sure If Im able to get a SSD because of my budget being only 250 dollars. As for the 260, I'd only get one due to price, and use that for my main gaming monitor. the sound of a SSD is pretty sweet, however It's not quite within my budget range... I'd want to get something thats 128GB and Read/Write of over 200mbs. I dont think I could do that within 250 dollars.
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New GPU for sure.

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I'd get a 5770 and then another one down the track. They are great in crossfire, awesome scalability.
Theres some benchies around here somewhere.

EDIT: heres the link.. http://www.overclock.net/ati/591045-...ng-5770-a.html

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