Possible to run Windows on USB 3.0 drive using Bootcamp?

Hi guys,
I am planning to buy the entry Mac Pro soon.
I am pretty used to OSX and love to work with it but want to play a game sometimes, and thats where I need windows.
I dont want to fill my Macs SSD with different partitions and stuff, so I planned to get a 128GB usb-stick/external-drive with fast read/write performance (min 70mb/s write, 120mb/s read). The performance should easy be on par with a classic HDD. I can also format the drive to use every filesystem I want it to use.
Is it possible to install Windows8 on such a usb-drive using BootCamp? Does it accept the external usb drive to install a partition on and boot from it?
I found very different opinions to this.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Kev

Okay,
I did some more research on my own.
It is possible according to this posts: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5127978 (Strange: you responded to that posting yourself).
All you need is a external thunderbold drive and a copy of Winclone. (https://twocanoes.com/winclone/)
Then follow this 7 steps and you are fine: http://dadhacks.dadpower.net/post/47998058347/set-up-bootcamp-on-an-external-thu nderbolt-drive
Thank you,
Kev

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