Is there a solution to Final Cut's EPIC delay?

I have been using Final Cut pro x for almost a year now and I am just blown away by it. I can't believe how slow it can run, even after I upgraded to 16gb of ram.
I am using Final Cut Event manager to manage my files, I have an external HDD with my files on there, I have more than 20% free space on my computer and HDD, 16gb Ram, I'm not using any other programs, but STILL Final Cut is so delayed. If I even just drag the cursor, the spinning beach ball comes up...
Its driving me crazy and I Just don't understand- for this much money how can it work so poorly? I know its not my computer because its brand new and works fine with other applications... I even just upgraded Final Cut x so I know its the most recent version...
It seems like Final Cut runs extra slow when my externall HDD is plugged in but I obviously need it plugged in when I use final cut.
I checked out how my computer is running and it says theres 12gb RAM free even when Final Cut is open, so it can't be the RAM...
Literally 1 hr projects are taking me hours and hours to complete because of how delayed Final Cut is.. I'm not even color correcting or anything, just editing clips but when I do anything the beach ball ALWAYS comes up for atleast a second... Is there a solution to this? Please and thank you.
(P.S. I went through andynick's checklist and did everything besides the PROXY files, I just cant imagine this would fix my massive problem...)

USB2? As in the second USB slot?
Heres what is says under system report hard drives:
Model Name:
MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:
MacBookPro9,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:
2.6 GHz
Number of Processors:
1
Total Number of Cores:
4
L2 Cache (per Core):
256 KB
L3 Cache:
6 MB
Memory:
16 GB
Boot ROM Version:
MBP91.00D3.B08
SMC Version (system):
2.1f170

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