which RAM modules to pick for this built?

rocafella1978

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1) ASUS ROG RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard - $480 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132505&cm_re=asus_rampage_v_extreme-_-13-132-505-_-Product
2) INTEL Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75960X Desktop Processor - $1016 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117404&cm_re=intel_i7-_-19-117-404-_-Product
3) SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V5P512BW - $320 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147467&cm_re=samsung_m.2_ssd-_-20-147-467-_-Product
4) EVGA 220-T2-1600-X1 80 PLUS Titanium 1600 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support continuous PSU - $430 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438041&cm_re=evga_1600-_-17-438-041-_-Product
5) Phanteks Enthoo Primo PH-ES813P_SGR Black/Green color - Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $230 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854012&cm_re=PH-ES813P-_-11-854-012-_-Product
6) Dual Nvidia Titan X GPU's in 2-way SLI (already have the GPU's)

RAM options:
1) G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Intel X99 Extreme Performance F4-3000C14Q2-128GVRD - $750 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232270
2) CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model CMD128GX4M8A2666C15 - $900 USD
a. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233812&cm_re=CMD128GX4M8A2666C15-_-20-233-812-_-Product

 

englishmaninohio

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This build is ridiculous in every way. I don't see any normal consumers needing 128GB of RAM, what do you have planned for this PC?

If you're set on it though - the Corsair memory is the highest quality stuff you can buy right now, and with that motherboard you should be able to overclock the hell out of it through the XMP options in the bios.

While the Corsair memory is $150 more, this build doesn't require a 1600w PSU, even if the memory, CPU and GPUs are all overclocked. My recommendation would be to go with a 1000w PSU like this one:

EVGA 220-T2-1000-X1 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS TITANIUM Certified Full Modular Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438065

and spend what you save on the top quality memory.
 

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thanks for your help and appreciate the feedback, still can't figure out what RAM/ quality memory to go with...since i am not sure what is really compatible with the Asus RVE. (lots of rendering/ CAD and etc. going to happen with this machine)
 

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Both sets would work fine, there wouldn't be any compatibility issues.