Vehemently disagree on the Quadro. 1080 any day. Agreed on the ram. I'm just about to double up to 64gigs as 32 just isn't enough for my workflow. I rarely have less than 5 ram-hungry applications running all the time. Ram is so cheap I don't see why not have as much as my mobo can handle?
+1 to no sli +1 to 32 gb of ram +1 to at LEAST a ~500TB SSD, for a build at this level 1TB would be better (only like $300 these days) +1 to 1000w PSU being overkill, ~700w 80+ is all you should need, though I would NOT build a system with a 1080 on a 550w psu as someone else suggested Also, skip the "founder edition" of…