Slow File Open & Save

I have CS6 installed on a Mac Pro desktop, 3.3 Ghz machine, 6 Gb RAM, running OS X Mountain Lion.  Everything is running fine, updated and it's a great machine.
But I've noticed that opening Photoshop files that are somewhat large and layered take WAY too long to open or "save."  I mean...3 minutes is much too long to wait.
What's up with that?
I have a spare physical drive configured (in preferences) for extra RAM, with plenty of empty drive space.  The startup drive has well over 250 Gb of space remaining.
Seems like the machine is choking, like it's out of RAM.  But why?
The only applications running are Photoshop and Bridge.  There is 6 Gb of RAM to run these applications and open files.  OpenGL is checked in Preferences and I'm running an nVidia graphics card, as well.
Anyone? 

Thanks, Noel.
Yes, I could add more RAM, and I'll probably do that today.
I restarted the machine and my performance is normal again.  Why didn't I restart sooner? I had JUST started the machine, launched PS and tried opening a file or two. The performance was terrible, and it's not like the machine had been running all day with heavy use.  It was basically a "fresh start."
I still don't understand what caused this performance lag, since the machine had JUST been started.
The files in question were native Canon 5D dimensions, uncropped, several layers, PSD format, 140 Mb.  It was taking several minutes to both OPEN and SAVE this file again - highly unusual for this or any previous machine I've owned.
Thanks again.

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