What is the best Codec in Adobe CC for Multicam Playback and edit?

I have been editing in FCP 7 for years and decided to make the switch (But I didn't want to ruin my old system (which is still good and seems to run better than the new one) so I bought a Mac-Mini as a test to play with CC). I admit my new CPU is a little weak, but it should run a few tracks of video in a sequence.
I tried switching 5 multi-cam tracks of video on the mac-mini on Apple-Pro Res LT running off a Firewire 800 drive. I have read that 4 streams is better, but whatever, I don't mind pushing a system. It didn't work. Video was to laggy and impossible to switch with.
My old system could edit about 5 pro-res LT video tracks simultaneously with decent results. Not great, but decent or good enough to see what the heck was happening. Though, the footage was on an internal drive.
My question is... Is there a power-user low cpu intensity codec that i should use for multi-cam mode? I am tempted to just switch in SD and Reconnect, but it would be a great thing if there was a codec that could be default for transcoding...
Mac-Mini
10.9.4
CPU Mac-Mini 2.3 Intel Core I7
8 Gb Ram
Older System
Mac-Pro Tower
10.6.8
2 x2.8 Quad Core
8 Gb Ram

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