At this point I wouldn't even put an ssd as optional. At least for the OS. Nvidia just announced a $3k GPU that outperforms their previous flagship by about 30% which is a good sign for things to come. This is a huge jump and by the way Nvidia does things their flagships are basically only there to make their next consumer line look like a bargain. So if this is foreshadowing how the 11 series will perform that will mean that the 11 series will in reality be massive overkill for anyone, but 10xx and 9xx series GPU prices will get absolutely dumpstered. I'm already seeing people dropping their 970's for 150. This will be below 100 by March most likely.