can you tell me your opinion about this config?

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Hello. I want to buy a new machine, are those good?
-AMD Athlon II X4 740,
-ASUS F2A55-M, FM2, USB 3.0 x2, microATX,
-Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1024MB DDR5 Dual-X,
-Corsair DDR3 4096MB (2 x 2048) 1600Mhz CL9 1.65V Rev.B.
I want to use it for gaming. Thank you
 
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thank you, your opinion counts :). Do you think you can find a better config?
 
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no i haven't bought the mobo yet.
 


This is pretty good but you may want to consider a few changes.
The motherboard you picked is an FM2, which is used mostly for AMD's APU series. Since you are getting a pretty good graphics card you won't want an APU. I know that the CPU you picked isn't an APU itself, but I just have a feeling it will be a bit lower end than similar AM3 CPUs.
It will perfrom well and play a lot of games, but I still would think you would have better performance if you go with an AM3 motherboard and FX series CPU.

The RAM I would think you should chose different too. You would have better results with 8GB of ram than 4GB. If you cannot afford it though, you should at least pick RAM with better specs. 1600Mhz and CL9 isn't bad, but almost all of them run at 1.5v. So the RAM you listed uses more power to do the same thing as most others. That would be a problem to me, but your pick.
 
Sorry for the double post. This is more what I would advise for your system.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128564
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313343

Thats a six core CPU, which can probably be pushed a bit higher than 3.5ghz if you really wanted to. Should perform better.
Also the RAM I have used this company before and they are pretty good. It has the same specs as your other ram, except it has lower voltage and it is 8GB instead of 4GB.
 

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Proceed with your config its truly superiors and shows you have a good taste, however:

-Corsair DDR3 4096MB (2 x 2048) 1600Mhz CL9 1.65V Rev.B.

I dont like those 1.65v, any chance you consider something more stable ? 1.5v ? you dont need overclocked RAM when you have a good GPU, your not using your internal GPU, your external GPU have all the hi performance RAM it needs.

just my 2 cents