I am thinking of swapping to FInal Cut Pro X. Can I get away with buying a 2010 Mac Pro to use?

Question

Would you recommend eight or twelve cores?  Is the speed that important?  How much memory?  I read so much conflicting information.  Sites that say anything over eight cores isn't worth it.  Or you should only use six outof the eight memory slots.  Or a single 3.33 quad core is better than 2.4 with eight cores.
I will be editing 1920x1080 60p either 35Mbps MPEG4 or 28Mbps AVCHD.  Typically a single camera.  Sometimes a multi camera shot.
I thought I would ask the Apple forum.  I have read the minimum requirements for the software.  But I know it is better to talk to people that actually use the product.

Answer 1

For what your editing and with only a single avchd camera, I would go for fewer cores and a higher cpu.
A 12 core would be overkill and would probably give you slower  performance in tasks not directly related to export rendering.
A 4 core 3.33 quad core is absolutely faster than a 8 or even 12 core 2.4 in all tasks that don't use many cores. And Most tasks don't. But if given a choice, I prefer a six or eight core rather than a 4 core and would recommend enough memory and the highest cpu you could afford.
16 gigs or more of memory should be good and remember the graphics card. FCP X really takes advantage of the newer OpenCL cards that were recently released for Mac from ATI and Nvidia.