But if you had an option, what would you change/go for? Personalty I'd love to go for a 980ti but yeah, that price point is way to much.
The GTX980 is amazeballs. I really wouldn't sweat the Ti thing.
There's very little about that setup that I wouldn't be extremely happy with. It would be an excellent VR machine if you got your hands on an Oculus Rift.
The only thing I would probably change myself is the SSHD. I'm more of a fan of discrete 512GB SSD for Windows/Games, HDD for other crap. But that's pure preference.