ProRes 422 LT or H264 source clips?

For a particular edition project each video clip has been provided to me by two codecs: H264 (directly from the device) and Apple ProRes 422LT (I think that these have been produced via the compressor original H264 clips). I need now to start editing in FCP X. The question is which set of clips should I load in FCP X? 422LT tongs are four times the size of the H264 clips and so will gobble up the disk space. Is that their advantage uses them, instead of H264 clips with proxy files created by FCP X for editing?

Thanks a lot for your comments.

If you have a newish, with fast CPU and GPU computer, then there is probably no need to use the LT files. You also should not need proxy files either, unless you do a multicam project.

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