Improve graphics performance

Greetings,
I have an HP Pavillion that I use almost exclusively for playing video and graphics editing in Photoshop and Lightroom.
I think I should replace my graphics card but any other suggestions would be appreciated as well. I am also considering getting a second internal hard drive to store all my photography files. The 'F' drive listed below is a WD external hard drive.
Thanks for your help.
Component Details
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1065T Processor
Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6450
Gaming graphics 6399 MB
Primary hard disk 184GB Free (1385GB Total)
Windows 7 Home Premium
System
Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Model p7-1038
Total amount of system memory 12.0 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 6
Storage
Total size of hard disk(s) 1993 GB
Disk partition (C 184 GB Free (1385 GB Total)
Disk partition (D 1 GB Free (12 GB Total)
Media drive (E CD/DVD
Disk partition (F 155 GB Free (596 GB Total)
Graphics
Display adapter type AMD Radeon HD 6450
Total available graphics memory 6399 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 5887 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.960.11.1000
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1080
DirectX version DirectX 10

Greetings, Kanuski!
You have a quite the set-up there.
I see you want to expand your storage capacity, so I'd suggest to check out WD Green drives. They are recommended for primary use as secondary storage for archiving and have increased reliability, which is ideal for storing your photography files.
You can check them out here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=780
I hope this will solve your storage concern.
Let me know if you have any questions.
SuperSoph_WD

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