Thanks for input guys, I appreciate it. For those keeping score at home, our footage is 1080/23.98
Some testing was done and transcoding to DNxHD 175 was roughly real time. Transcoding to DNxHD 36 was double time and the fast import of APR was a 1/4 of the real time length of the clip.
That being said, everyone knows its no fun being in the middle of a big project with your system bogging down.
Thanks again!