Set up media cache

I'm setting up After Effects and need to set my Media Cache for fast processing. I am reading that I should set it to write to a separate hard drive from what I am saving my project to, but I don't know how to navigate to the folder that would write these files. Where is this located on the system?
Processor 3.33 GHz 6 Core Intel Xeon
Memory 32 GB 1333MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB
OS X 10.8.2

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Hello,
I want to save in Lightroom 5.3, the Media Cache files in a different directory. I have Lightroom and PS CS6 installed on a 60 GB SSD and the media cache files quickly take 10 or more gigabytes.
In the registry as DatabasePath and FolderPath is set:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Adobe \ Common LR5 \ Media Cache]
"DatabasePath" = "C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Local \ Adobe \ Lightroom \ cache \ Video \"
"FolderPath" = "C: \ Users \ username \ AppData \ Local \ Adobe \ Lightroom \ cache \ Video \"
If I change the path in the registry is Lightroom the path when playing the first video unfortunately always come back.
How can I change the path permanently.

Leider kann man in den Voreinstellungen nur die Video Cache Größe bestimmen aber nicht den Speicherort. Somit könnte ich die Video Cashegröße auf 1 GB "minimieren" und habe für Videos immer lange Wartezeiten wenn ich sie abspielen / bearbeiten will. Das hilft mir also leider nicht weiter.
Den Speicherort kann ich in den Voreinstellungen leider nur für die Cache Dateien von Bildern freiwählen und das funktioniert auch prima.
Im übrigen habe ich die Einstellungen für die Media Cache Dateien für PS CS6 auch in der Registry geändert und das Auto fährt noch prima und ohne Probleme.

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We're almost there Harm, thanks! I'm about to indicate this as being "Answered"
More explicitly, are you suggesting it would look like this?
C: SSD for:
OS and Programs
D: RAID 0 (Three SATA II F3's) for:
Premiere Project
Where I render project too
Encore Project
Source Files (Per Harm's suggestion)
E: RAID 0 (Two SATA III WD Caviar Blacks) for:
Media cache
Preview files
Pagefile
Is two RAIDs more ideal? That is (provided the above configuration is correct); does the pagefile, media cache, and preview files need to be on a RAID?
Should I partition a piece of my E and use that for the pagefile or pagefile, media cache, and preview files? If yes, which? and how much of a partition should I create?
When setting the pagefile, should I set all the other drives to "none" (except the E of course)?
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C: SSD for:
OS and Programs
D: RAID 0 (Three SATA II F3's) for:
Premiere Project
Where I render project too
Encore Project
Source Files (Per Harm's suggestion)
E: SSD for:
Media cache
Preview files
Pagefile
F: One SATA III WD Caviar Black for:
Extra Backups and stuff
Thanks Harm, I'm about to have an unprecedented editing experience I think! Finally, after more than 7 years!

Media cache files: Premiere Elements 9 with SSD

Hello you fine Adobe people.
I apologize if this has been asked before, if so please could somebody direct me to an answer?
I have Premiere Elements 9 on Windows 7. My issue is pretty simple: my shiny new SSD is getting full of temp files from the "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Media Cache Files" location every time I work on a project. I have set all other cache items I can see in "Preferences" to my mechanical disk, but I am alarmed to see this folder filling up with huge files on my SSD. Aside from the unneccessary reads and writes, it will be filled up in no time. It seems in Premiere Pro you can direct this folder to an external drive, but I cannot find this option in Premiere Elements.
Please tell me there is a way to move the media cache files directory to another drive than C:\ ?
Thank you in advance
A Craven

alistair78
The answer is that you need Premiere Elements answers for Premiere Elements questions.
The conformed audio files (cfa and pek) are stored in the Media Cache Files Folder. By default, that folder is found in Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit.
Libraries/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/10 (if 10 is your version). You set the save location for the Media Cache Files Folder in Premiere Elements Editor workspace Edit Menu/Preferences/Scratch Disks and the "Media Cache" category.
The conformed video files (mcdb) are can be accessed via the Premiere Elements Editor workspace Edit Menu/Preferences/Media and its Media Cache Database area. There you will find a Clean up to clear them and set limits. The actual files (which have a .mcdb file extension) can be found via the path shown in that area. This appears to be an unchangeable location.
Preview files from rendering of Timeline content to get the best possible preview at play back of the Timeline content in the Edit area monitor are stored in the Adobe Premiere Elements Previews File Folder. By default, that folder is found in Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit Libaries/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/10 (if 10 is your version). You set that save location for the Adobe Premiere Elements Elements Previews File Folder in Premiere Elements Editor workspace Edit Menu/Preferences/Scratch Disks and the Video Previews category.
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