yes ive noticed ive always had less trouble out of the intel chipsets. my father is ram happy too. he browses the internet and wants 16 gigs of ram,lol. 32 is defintly over kill. at the end of the year ill let people know how it does but i do predict it will be more than fine. 1600 bucks is a rounded price anyway, i havent picked out specific parts just yet. but hopefully this thread will help others decide on what they want to upgrade or build.