Yes, and it definitely is faster doing it this way - even faster than using the pboost utility - if you have the hd room. I got a 120 gig on sale at officemax for $99 [w/rebates] and another ide controler for a blank pci (dont notice diff between mb ide and controller) slot and totally dedicated it to daz, pw, renderosity, etc. for all my 3d (bryce, carrera and poser are main ones) and the speed is great! Tried doing the same with my old machine as 3d server but the lan connection is just 2 slow (intel built in 100mps lan hard cabled).