Help with Final Cut Pro X on 2010 MacBook Pro 13"?

The Maximum Memory For This Model is NOT 8GB, it can fully support 16GB of 1067MHz DDR3 Ram with 2x8GB So-Dimm RAM Sticks from OWC (Other World Computing). As they run tests on Mac Hardware, and Often, Mac's can Use More RAM than Apple's Tech Team State.

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Source: http://blog.macsales.com/16353-owc-announces-maxram-memory-upgrades-to-16gb-for- 2010-mac-mini-macbook-and-macbook-pro

You Can Also Add a 2.5" SSD Drive, but will be Limited By the 1.5Gbps Data Bus.

Kingston SSDNow Is a Good, Affordable And reliable Choice,

My Personal Choice is The Samsung 850 Pro 2TB, as, Paired with 16GB Of Ram, it Abolishes The Performance of my Brothers Early 2016 MacBook Pro.

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Kingston:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6733/kingston-ssdnow-v300-review

Samsung 850 Pro 2TB:

https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/850pro.html

Yours Sincerely,

Unknown.

The specs of your Mac is a "just over the line" machine.

Max RAM and an SSD drive will definitely help.

The fast external drive is a must for editing except for very simple small projects.

The Vram is probably the weakest link.

Al

Your desire to be able to run FCPX must be weighed against the reasons why you edit video using a professional grade application.

Add up the prices of 16G of RAM and a fast solid state drive and a couple of good external drives and you start to think maybe a new Mac is not such a bad idea. There are many refurbished and used Mac portables on the planet.

Maxing out your RAM to 8 GB is by far and away the best thing you can do,

Store your libraries on a fast external drive,

Russ