FCP X 10.1 - can't work for 10 minutes without a crash

Folks,
This is driving me crazy...Updated to FCP X 10.1, on my freshly updated Mavericks Mac Pro 5,1 with a Quadro 4000. Went with a clean install of Mavericks, not an overwrite update. System was good and stable before the FCP X update.
I'm working on new project, not an updated library from 10.0.9. I've not imported any old projects.
Transcoding RED footage caused FCP to crash every 10 or so clips. With over 200 clips to ingest, took all night - restarting and rebooting. In desperation, I uninstalled FCPX.. and redownloaded and installed from the app store.
No change.
All clips now transcoded, and I cant edit for 10 minutes straight without a crash. Causes Finder to crash too. No, I'm not running Google Drive.
Someone.. anyone...
Help...

In the absence of any other suggestions have you tried trashing the preferences?
It's always worth doing if only to remove it as a possible suspect.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Shut down FCP X, open PreferenceManager and in the window that appears:-
1. Ensure that only FCP X is selected.
2. Click Trash
The job is done instantly and you can re-open FCP X.
There is absolutely no danger in trashing preferences and you can do it as often as you like.
The preferences are kept separately from FCP X and if there aren't any when FCP X opens it automatically creates new ones . . . instantly.
P.S. Check that AppNap is switched off in the FCP X "Get Info" window and also that FileVault is deactivated.
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