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Does your motherboard support crossfire? I have an 8800GT still and I can SLI them with a 2nd, but my motherboard only supports crossfire and not nvidia's SLI 
That's a tough call.. crossfire and SLI have gotten a lot better recently with their performance but it still usually requires specific support in the driver (though I've read you can make your own profiles), so one thing would be to check if the games you play the most work well with crossfire.. it would suck if you got it and found out your #1 game got zero benefit.
You'd definitely see some benefit for the SSD as well, everyone that has one will tell you it's night and day, Anandtech says it's the one upgrade you can do that has the most impact on how fast you perceive your computer running. Just be careful with the Kingston ones make sure you do the full research on the drive, I think there's ones that are reasonably fast for the price, and ones that are cheaper but really slow. |
Have you heard anything bad about the Kingston SSDs? The user reviews at Newegg are good.
I read website reviews on it as well, they all say pretty much the same thing. It is on the slower end for SSDs but still blows away any HDD on the market by a wide margin and is by far the best price for an SSD (128 GB is $240).
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The Kingston V SNV425-S2 may not be the fastest SSD on the market, but it's no slouch, and with an excellent price, you get a very capable SSD, and the value offered here is the most impressive feature. The Kingston SNV425-S2 is probably one of the first "affordable" SSDs on the market that isn't a basement-dweller in terms of performance. Frankly, with these respectable numbers and amazing price, this drive is sure to make many consumers jump onto the SSD bandwagon.
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Legit Bottom Line: Kingston has really put the pressure on the other SSD manufacturers with their 128GB SSDNow V Series drive. With solid performance for an entry-level drive and $2/GB pricing that even SSD upgrade holdouts will find hard to resist, I have a feeling retailers will have a hard time keeping these drives on the shelves.
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