Again thanks for the input.

With bitcoin prices all over the place right now I'll stick to the cheap road for now and picked up myself a used 5770 on ebay for $80. If nothing else it will go in my desktop so i can relocate my stupidly loud 4870x2 to a dell poweredge in a closet. Those dell power-edges make enough noise on their own.

I'm not trying to be a millionaire from this, nor build myself a mining army anytime soon. This is just a fun side project.