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Cap,
Don't be silly, you tower over a guy like me.
I know what I know because of learning the hard way, lots of mistakes and help from others.

Honestly, I have not heard of drive cache causing problems.
Does BPM direct read files or read from ram?

Does it happen on both of your machines?

What I HAVE seen is programs that overload cpu's and impare and starve it to the point of stuttering. That is why I asked you about resource load when it happens.
This will typically occur when loading the idle deck or searching or in the case of scratch plug in's usage if the machine is running out of gas.

BPM has a reputation of being very stable, so I am really curious now.

I just went through the wait period for 7200 X 300G sata drives because of video needs, I feel your pain although I still prefer an external for numberous reasons.