Custom Gaming PC from Digital Storm. Are the specs good enough? (I'm a noob, so go easy on me)

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I'm looking to play new AAA titles at max settings on 1080p and 1440p at a high fps. I'm even interested at how well the following specs will do at 4k. From what I've read they'll do just fine, but I could still be wrong. From what I can also tell, I'm about to get flamed for not building my own PC. I compared the price of all of the parts to the custom build, and there was like a $200 difference. Also with the custom PC, I get a lot of extra bonuses (mouse, keyboard, 7 free games, windows 10, mcafee security, a "three year warranty," and the satisfaction of knowing that I didn't screw up the PC by building it myself. If anyone could answer one or all of the following questions, your wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

1) Will the specs meet my expectations?

2) What changes should I make to the build?

3) How much of an idiot am I for not building the PC myself?


Specs:

Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2 GHz (Codename Kaby Lake) (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)

ASUS/MSI (Intel Z270 Chipset)

32GB DDR4 3000MHz Digital Storm Performance Series

750W EVGA/Corsair

DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) (Internal)

1x SSD M.2 (500GB Samsung 960 EVO) (NVM Express)

1x Storage (2TB Seagate / Toshiba)

Wireless PCI-E ASUS PCE-AC56 (Supports 802.11ac)

1x GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (Performance Edition) (VR Ready)

Digital Storm Vortex 120mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler

Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)
 
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That PC is really good.
You could expect FPS out of the park at 1080p, 60+ 1440p, but you're gonna be under 60 almost always at 4K with a single 1080, though other games will likely go higher.

#2 - I'd slim down the PSU to a 650W unit, and make sure it's EVGA G2/GS/G3/ Corsair RMx.

#3 - depends on the price. I would build it personally for a $200 difference, but that's your peace of mind fee so you make the call.
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That PC is really good.
You could expect FPS out of the park at 1080p, 60+ 1440p, but you're gonna be under 60 almost always at 4K with a single 1080, though other games will likely go higher.

#2 - I'd slim down the PSU to a 650W unit, and make sure it's EVGA G2/GS/G3/ Corsair RMx.

#3 - depends on the price. I would build it personally for a $200 difference, but that's your peace of mind fee so you make the call.
 
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McAfee isn't free, it's bloatware and you should remove it as soon as you get the PC. ANYWAYS...

1) Yes, those are pretty much the best specs on the consumer market for gaming, excluding the Titan XP and / or SLI. You'll be able to do 4k and VR just fine.

2) Uninstall McAfee, overclock your GPU and CPU.

3) I don't blame you for not wanting to build it yourself. It can be very easy to break things and if you do, most of the time you're out of luck. Personally, whenever I buy new hardware, the fun part is installing it. Either way, the question boils down to how much you spent. I've put about 1.1k USD total into my pc, and I would argue that it is SLIGHTLY better than yours, so if you spent about that much, maybe a bit more... you should be fine.

If you spent boat loads of money you better have gotten RGB ram, otherwise they have some explaining to do.
 
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I wanted to slim down on the psu, but it only has one option. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I also noticed that the motherboard, as well as some other components, have slightly vague listing (these are the exact configurations Digital Storm gave me). Any thoughts on that?
 
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Considering I'm spending a little over $2000 instead of 1.1k, I'd love to see what your build is. That big of a price margin would make me consider building.
 
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Nvidia GTX 1080 Strix (some oc I can't bother to check)

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.7GHz

Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4 3000MHz

Western Digital 7200RPM 1TB HDD + Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD

Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151

EVGA 850W 80+ Gold

Corsair H100i v2

4 x Corsair Air Series AF120 LED

Fractal Design Define R4

ASUS Black 12X BD-ROM

Keep in mind that it took me a month to collect all the parts via various sales and such before I could even put it together. Building it took about... 3 hours? Anyways, the price doesn't include peripherals or a monitor that I ended up spending about another $300 total on, neither the cost of windows 10, that I got for free.

I'd imagine that this configuration now would run about 1.7k on a good day. You can either buy cheaper hardware and push it to achieve what you'd like, or you could spend the time to collect the parts you want as the prices fluctuate. The issue is that the prices are rather spontaneous and will never be the same for very long. What costs $500 now will be $400 in a week, then somehow $550 in a month.

 
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Gotcha, thanks!
 
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