Is this possible?

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> Perhaps Intel can do one 12 hour job in 4 hours, 
>but I still have lots going on during that 4 hours.

I've built systems for several years using mainly AMD cpus. I never went
with the 990 or 970 chipsets, so not sure what problems you're having.
(other than the 32G ram issue)

Instead I use the AM1 platform for low power systems, like running pfSense
firewalls. And the FM2 sockets because you can get some decent quad-core
systems for a low price. 

However, as others have said Intel is much faster. One of their current
sockets is the 1151. But the slightly older 1150 socket is still being sold
for decent prices and is amazingly fast. 
Also, Intel is every bit as stable as AMD. 

I uploaded two images of memtest86 to imgur.com. One is an AMD quad, and one
is an Intel Pentium, dual core. 

Memtest86 is old and is misreporting the types of ram that are installed,
but have a look at the L1, L2 cache speeds, and the speed the main memory is
accessed.

They show in MB/s how fast the system can access the caches and memory:

http://imgur.com/a/kM3vE

AMD is set to release some new cpus soon, and I hope they do well. I still
believe in supporting AMD and if you don't need absolute speed, sometimes
their cpus are more than fast enough for the task.