Best RAM MacPro Desktop?

Yout thoughts as to recommended RAM amount and speed for a QuadCore 3.22mghz Xeon Desktop MacPro.  There is a total of 4 slots, 1066 DDR3, etc.  Please comment as to amount, speed and perhaps even manufacturer.  Use will be high resolution video editing and still photography editing in Adobe Photoshop CS6 files = 300-400MB/each.

4x8GB for CS6 (or more) the max is 3x16GB and no Apple does not list all the supported specs.
This guy is all about photography (OWC sponsor):
http://www.macperformanceguide.com
You might want to upgrade your processor too to W3680 (good price/performance) 6-core 3.33

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