Editing images stored on external HDD

All:
I keep all of my images on an external HDD, which is backed up on a second one. Despite having a pretty fast machine (quad-core i7, 1GB video card, 8GB RAM) I still find that working in the develop module can be a little slow. I suspect that it may partly due to the fact that my primary external is USB 2/3 but I can only connect it as USB 2 for now.
In the mean time I would like to edit my images from my internal HDD and update the images on my external HDD. Is there a way to do this? If so, how can I go about it. My goal is to only use my internal HDD as a temporary location while I'm working with the images.
Thank you.

b_gossweiler wrote:
iliveinalaska2 wrote:
How large of a cache is "big enough"?
1GB (the default) seems very small. I'd suggest 20-50GB, depending on the Raw size.
Beat
The cache size or even its existence has no affect on editing performance. Where it does help is to reduce the time delay between selecting an image and having the ability to begin editing it. With a larger cache you'll see benefits when louping through images in Develop module, but not in editing the images.
The OPs real problem is the use of a USB drive.

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