Slow laggy playback on Premiere

Hey like many others I am having issues with slow video playback on Premiere cs 5.5
This is the laptop I recently purchased specifically so I could run this software. I am disappointed to say the least:
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0062JM4L6/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00
Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M discrete graphics (GDR5 1.5GB VRAM)
Accelerated performance with MSI TDE Technology
HDD: 1TB (500 GB*2 RAID 0) 7200 RPM
RAM: DDRIII 12GB (4GB*3)
When playing back video, the CPU is used at a max of 20% and the GPU is something similarily low. I purchased this laptop
a month ago and have only installed media related software like photoshop, premiere etc.
After Effects works beautifully for me, while Premiere does not.
I use Canon 5D HD video at 1080p video at 30fps
I realize this issue has been posted numerous times, but I am not sure how the issues apply specifically to my laptop,
so I was wondering if anyone could help me out? Should I just get an earlier version of premiere?

>HDD: 1TB (500 GB*2 RAID 0) 7200 RPM
Even in raid, only one "effective" hard drive is not going to work very well... here is why...
Trying to use only ONE Hard Drive for Video Editing
You are a music conductor, with a baton that you use to point to various parts of the orchestra... this is like Windows pointing to various parts of the hard drive to do Windows housekeeping or to load program segments for various functions
Now, at the same time and with the same hand... while still using the baton to conduct the orchestra... pick up a bow and play a fiddle... this would be doing something with your video file at the same time as all the other work
You as a person cannot do both at the same time with the same hand
A computer is a LITTLE better, in that it can switch from one kind of task to another very quickly... but not quickly enough for EASY video editing
You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708 for more) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
Partition = Crash http://forums.adobe.com/thread/957286
I find that the three drives I use work very well for me, for editing AVCHD video... some people use a 4th drive, so video INPUT files are on drive three and all OUTPUT files are on drive four... I only bought a mid-tower case instead of a full tower case (my bad... but had to fit in the space available on my office desk!) so I use the three drives that will fit
Depending on your exact hardware (motherboard brand & model AND USB2 enclosure brand & model AND external hard drive brand & model) AND the type of video file, you may... or may NOT... be able to use an external USB2 hard drive for SD (Standard Definition) video editing
Steve Grisetti in the Premiere Elements forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856208 and Jim Simon in the Premiere Pro forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856433 use USB externals for editing
A USB3 hard drive connected to a motherboard with USB3 is supposed to be fast enough for video editing (I don't have such, so don't know) but eSata DOES have a fast enough data transfer for video editing... I have not used the eSata Dock below... for reference only, YMMV and all the usual disclaimers
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS/ref=cm_cmu_pg_ t

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