What GPU to get for CS6 + Are SSDs worth it for editing?

My current computer is an old dell xps 7100
Phenom x4 830 (Yes I know, I'd love to get an intel 3770k or something but I'm pretty strapped for cash)
Some tiny amd gpu, not sure which (can use gpu-z if really needed)
12gb ram
1 500gb hdd
The machine is really slow and the hard drive is filled up a lot, so I'm thinking of re-installing windows (possibly windows 8 for the faster boots and all) and clearing all of the junk. My other problem is that premiere and after effects are really slow, since its a pretty weak processor with no MPE acceleration. I have around $300 to spend on some upgrades, but I'm not sure which one to get.
I was thinking of buying a gtx660, since it has 2gb vram (which is better for more complicated projects I think?) and is really fast and a good value for gaming, which I also do. I could also get a gtx 650 and spend the rest on some HDDs for a raid, or maybe an SSD. Or I could buy a gtx 670 or 660 ti if they're really worth it. I haven't needed to use more than 8gb beforehand in projects, so I don't think i'll need to upgrade to like 32gb or anything crazy like that.
My main question is how much would the gpu acceleration accelerate everything? Would I just be bottlenecked by my cpu and hard drive? And If I did a raid array (raid 0), or got a SSD how much would that speed stuff up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and sorry if I put this in the wrong forum or something. First post here.
PS I read that cs6 is actually slower for exporting some stuff? Should I just use cs5 or cs4? I could just render the few things i need in cs6 first and do the rest in cs5 (like motion tracking and such). Or am i just overcomplicating stuff.

Hi Randal,
You are absolutely correct.  I was getting the specs off the data sheet I have here and it was for the OEM version of the GTX 560 which has higher specs. I have so many video cards here, I guess I need to sort them out as OEM and non-OEM cards and keep them stored in different rooms.   lol.
As far as the GT 640, on an AMD system quad core, it did produce faster times than the GT440, even though the GT440  has a wider memory bandwidth.   That one is strange.  HOWEVER, on an Intel quad core, the GT 640 was slower.  Go figure.
Right now I am running tests with a GTX650 and a GTX 650 Ti.   So far the GTX 650 Ti is better than the GTX650 for rendering.  Even though they are both 128 bit cards, they seem to work well in an AMD system.
As far as the GTX 560 non Ti holding back your system, I can see that.  I am just finishing up building a new animation rendering system based on the AMD FX-6300 chip, so I am lookng forward to testing the various video cards I have here with it.   It was a budget build system, as I pulled the HD's, DVD drive, keyboard and mouse from an old system.  It is NOT being used as a Premiere editing system, just for rendering animations with ProAnimator, Lightwave and a few other programs.  But, I will use it to test video cards with.
Dave
RjL190365 wrote:
Two small corrections, Dave:
The non-Ti GTX 560 actually has only 336 CUDA cores, not 384 (that belongs to the GTX 560 Ti). Also, the GF114-derived GeForce GPUs have only a 256-bit memory interface width, not a 320-bit memory interface width. However, the 128.2 GB/s memory bandwidth is correct for a reference GTX 560 (Ti or non-Ti).
On the other hand, the GTX 650 does have 384 CUDA cores (same number as the GT 640 since both are based on the same GK107 core). But it runs at a slightly higher clock speed, has a 128-bit memory interface width and 80 GB/s memory bandwidth (versus 28.5 GB/s memory bandwidth for the GT 640).
In any case, the GTX 560 non-Ti is definitely holding back my i5-2400 auxiliary editing rig.

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