cpu load and external hard drives

[core7]

Would designating different files to different hard drives ( samples to HD 1 and audio tracks to an external HD for example ) take any load off of cpu thats being pushed to it's limits? I was thinking about picking up an external hard drive thinking this might keep my PC from freezing up under load.

[electric tribe]

yes if you have your daw on one drive (your main) and your samples on a 2nd drive will take some strain of your computer as you hard disk won't be working so hard.

I use a lacie 160gb external drive for my sounds and does help a lot.