01-05-2013, 05:20 AM
booting from USB3 will not be faster - usb seems to max out at about 80MB/s - one 5400rpm 2.5" drive should be able to do that easily. RAID the two internal drives (if they aren't already) to a single 1TB volume. That'll make for a decently fast boot drive.
I assume you've moved off the 2GB RAM base already...
I assume you've moved off the 2GB RAM base already...