I like how Shankly gets annoyed when people can't understand why something called FreeSync isn't free, but then doesn't care about the meaning behind the well known phrase "a poor mans..." which apparently has to be read word for word and have no interpretation applied. FreeSync however you're expected to know the history of it!
One rule for him and a different one for everyone else apparently!
Also, I'm currently running a FX-8350 CPU and a 7950 GPU and the 8350 bottlenecks the 7950 in some games at 1080p so I'm sure it'd bottleneck a 290 in those games. So I think a 8350 could be false economy. Get an i7 (which I also have, albiet a 4770K) and whichever GPU, with the options supplied that'd mean the 980.
Nice that Gibbo already has some 'FreeSync' Monitors lined up. Although I won't be interested until were getting 3820x2160 or 4K @ 120Hz or better.