SSD option for iMac when working off external worth it.

Ordering the maxed out iMac 27 i7 16g ram etc. is the SSD helpful if I work off externals for all my media etc.
I have the Air and see the boost for start up and application load times. Other than that is it really a boost for working with say FCP with media on an external drive.
I would assume the boost only helps if the files are on the actual ssd which given its size is not possible.
So a bottleneck occurs.
Just could use 600$ in other areas if I only gain a fast startup and fast app loading.
Thanks

Thank you and so well spoken baltwo
I have gotten so much "your crazy" from my buddy for spending tha max on everything else why not just SSD.
Just seemed at 600$ what's the gain if all my content is bottle necked on a second drive Or external....what's the point. Rather spend that cash on proper backing up solutions etc.
Guess I was feeling what we all are getting caught up in this SSD speed vacum. I have the air it's snappy and great but all files are residing on the drive. Not happening on an iMac so was wondering how much of gain is true to form.

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*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800341a46e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80038e9774, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x00000000066ee000, CR4: 0x00000000000626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000070001, RBX: 0xffffff8036919c00, RCX: 0x8883c87675b70011, RDX: 0xffffff81541e9088
RSP: 0xffffff817bb0be90, RBP: 0xffffff817bb0be90, RSI: 0xffffff81541e9068, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0x0000000000987482, R9: 0xffffff8003a95740, R10: 0x000017d7912af429, R11: 0x000017d790927fa7
R12: 0xffffff817bb0bf50, R13: 0xffffff7f85328044, R14: 0xffffff7f8533e978, R15: 0xffffff8003ad66c0
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff80038e9774, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff817bb0bb40 : 0xffffff800332fe41
0xffffff817bb0bbc0 : 0xffffff800341a46e
0xffffff817bb0bd80 : 0xffffff8003436683
0xffffff817bb0bda0 : 0xffffff80038e9774
0xffffff817bb0be90 : 0xffffff7f85328267
0xffffff817bb0beb0 : 0xffffff7f8532bad7
0xffffff817bb0bee0 : 0xffffff7f853281ed
0xffffff817bb0bf00 : 0xffffff80033624f9
0xffffff817bb0bfb0 : 0xffffff8003414dd7
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         com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort(3.1)[93E1D2EC-50EE-3340-9676-0EA1E0B1AD45]@0xfff fff7f85324000->0xffffff7f8533efff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.7.5)[DAF0353B-16D5-385A-A0F3-FD5CF3BA07F2]@0xfff fff7f84706000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f83b24000
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Mac OS version:
14C109
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide:     0x0000000003000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003200000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8003100000
System model name: iMac12,2

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Sat Jan 31 15:57:30 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802241a46e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80228e9774, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000002565b000, CR4: 0x00000000000626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000070001, RBX: 0xffffff804e6e9000, RCX: 0xcb694f8798fc00ec, RDX: 0xffffff81e115d088
RSP: 0xffffff820d1f3e90, RBP: 0xffffff820d1f3e90, RSI: 0xffffff81e115d068, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0x0000000000987939, R9: 0xffffff81e115d068, R10: 0x0000031b3cf5cc6a, R11: 0x0000031b3c5d5331
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0xffffff820d1f3ee0 : 0xffffff7fa42951ed
0xffffff820d1f3f00 : 0xffffff80223624f9
0xffffff820d1f3fb0 : 0xffffff8022414dd7
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         com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort(3.1)[93E1D2EC-50EE-3340-9676-0EA1E0B1AD45]@0xfff fff7fa4291000->0xffffff7fa42abfff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7fa2b24000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
14C109
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide:     0x0000000022000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8022200000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8022100000
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