FYI, NewEgg's current sale (today's email) lists the first RAM you specified at only $150 per 32-GB kit, so that bring the total cost down to about $1,150! Sweet! Maybe I can budget for another SSD...

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> Here's a comparison on the Gigabyte and Asus Motherboards mentioned...
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=gigabyte%20x79&bop=And&CompareItemList=-1%7C13-131-804%5E13-131-804-TS%2C13-128-562%5E13-128-562-TS
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> The gigabyte looks like it's got an edge, by having an extra PCI-E Slot, (4 instead of 3), it lists 2133 as acceptable ram, without need to OC to get that speed, it's got 6 SATA 6Gb/s ports, vs the Asus having only 2.
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> Plus, I'm a gigabyte user myself, and they've always been rock-solid for me.  I currently have a Gigabyte and an EVGA, both are great "performance" motherboards.
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> On 9/13/2012 5:23 PM, Evan Fotis wrote:
>> Nice config, how does the Gigabyte board compare to the  similarly priced Asus P9X79?
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>> FWIW, last year, had got a 12Gb pack (3x4gb) and after a while added another of the same, with no problem at all. If the mobo has the small version listed in its RAM supported list  it should support the big one too.
>> On 14-Sep-12 00:01, Greg Balint wrote:
>>> f you purchase the 2 32Gb kits, there's an off chance they don't work well together (which is why they sell paired kits of 64Gb)
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>>> Buying the 2x32 kits, you'll spend $1366 on all of it...
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>>> Buying the paired 64Gb kit, you'll spend $1607 on all of it
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>>> Keep in mind with high-performance Ram at those quantities, you'll want to manually set your timings or enable XMP in your bios.. it won't be "completely" plug - n- play.
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