Adding ext. HD to iMac G5. Should it be the S/U disk?

I have an OWC Mercury 7200rpm drive on order. Would I gain any performance in FCP HD if I make the external drive the start up drive and keep all my FCP HD app and files on the internal 250GB drive?
The through put of the external drive isn't going to be as fast as the internal drive, right? From what I've gathered the ext drive isn't going to be any faster than 40 to 60 MBP/S. Would the internal drive be faster than that?
I'm only editing DV, native DVCPro HD (Varicam 720/24p) - both less than 10MBP/S and possibly Beta with A/D conversion (25MBP/S)?
I am a semi-newbie so don't shoot me down to hard...
TIA

We're shooting Varicam and DV almost exclusively. I know I need a dual or quad Powermac for the heavy duty stuff. I'd like the option of being able to edit Beta at 25MB/S but that's not the priority.
The iMac G5 is just my personal desktop and a starting off point for learning FCP HD before I buy a full-on editing rig.
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