gtx 1080 ti or ssd?

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Regardless of the answer to those questions, the answer to OP's question should be absolutely.
You know it's a hell of a lot easier to save $150 compared to ~$650, so OP would be better off with the GPU now and an SSD later. Migrating a Windows install (or just reinstalling) is a simple process anyway, assuming the drive in question is going to be the system drive. If it's an additional storage drive being considered vs a better GPU, the answer is simple.
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Regardless of the answer to those questions, the answer to OP's question should be absolutely.
You know it's a hell of a lot easier to save $150 compared to ~$650, so OP would be better off with the GPU now and an SSD later. Migrating a Windows install (or just reinstalling) is a simple process anyway, assuming the drive in question is going to be the system drive. If it's an additional storage drive being considered vs a better GPU, the answer is simple.
 
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yeah i know but wouldn't the system feel sluggish and unbalanced without an ssd?

it's like getting a ferrari with the tires of a prius

 
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Edit:

Personally I think the system is fine the way you have it other than you need a Dual channel kit for memory.
 
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ups, that is supposed to be 2x8gb lol

so no ssd gentleman? brute power u suggest?

so brute power will be then i guess

 
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Again, I made my suggestion based on which item is the most sensible choice now and which would be cheaper to purchase/replace in the future. A 1080 is only about 20% less expensive than a 1080Ti, but it's about 35% slower, so that's a pretty decent gain to be had in performance for not a lot more money. For a gaming system, it make no sense whatsoever to consider faster storage before a faster graphics card.
 
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a 500 GB SSD is barely $100 these days....

Add it later, and getting the 1080Ti would indeed be tempting, but, only if: planning on 144 Hz gaming at 1440P, or 4k gaming. If playijng 1080P for a while, the 1080 will more than suffice...

(Do not blow any extra $100 on a M.2 NVME over a SATA SSD; although boot/shutdown times are nicely decreased, the M.2 NVME drives do nothing for gaming over a standard SSD...not one fps increase, nor one sec saved on gaming load times, etc...useless fluff for gaming.)
 
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yeah definetly... my current1080p 60hz monitor will make his way to the landfill some time later this year or early 2018... (hopefully) i'll get a 1440p 144hrz monitor to replace it as soon as i can, maybe used from ebay...

 
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Not really. It only gives you faster load times (reads and writes) for everything.
 
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SSDs can actually improve the performance of some games that rely heavily on loading data in and out of the drive constantly. A few examples of these include the vast majority of Unreal Engine 3 games, and many Ubisoft titles like Assassin's Creed and Far Cry. You may not necessarily see higher FPS, but often you will experience smoother performance with less model and texture pop-in due to the SSD not choking and bottlenecking CPU performance (unlike an HDD) when doing things like loading new map areas into memory, making quick turns in highly populated areas, etc. The solid state nature of the SSD means that data is accessed within milliseconds (vs several seconds on an HDD), and the drive's ability to handle many more concurrent read/write operations means that your system won't get bogged down when you try to do several things at once on the drive.
 
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