> Would a USB3 external drive help with this? Emphatically yes. It's an entirely different experience using a RPi 4 with a quality SSD. [0] It's also more expe

> Would a USB3 external drive help with this? Emphatically yes. It's an entirely different experience using a RPi 4 with a quality SSD. [0] It's also more expensive, so you have to decide whether that's important to you. [0] https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/portable-ssd-t9-usb-3-2-1tb-black-mu-pg1t0b-am/ https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable... In my opinion it's a mistake to split the difference with a cheap SSD or one you need to plug in using a SATA to USB adapter. (troubleshooting first step: if it's not the power supply, it's the SATA to USB adapter...)