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I would recommend DA over SRAM nearly every time and I ride SRAM.
The shape of the DA hood is similar but the material its made from is better especially in the cold where SRAM becomes rock hard. You get 2 trim positions in the front mech, the 7900 chain/casette on DA is way quieter than the 1091R/Powerdome collab from SRAM and sad to say it shifts better on both the up and down stoke, all of this for a pretty minimal weight penalty. you can also match the groupset with either the DA C75, C50, C24 and 7850 all of which are bloody good wheels.
The SRAM is cheaper, lighter, looks better and the shifting is more intuitive but there are no good wheels to match with it from SRAM. The carbon/alloy deep sections are heavy as fuck and the Alu ones are heavy, over-priced and look like shit.
Get SRAM if you want to double-tap, if you don't care and have another £200ish get DA
I'd go for the following if money allowed:
Shifters - DA Di2
Mechs - DA Di2
Cranks/Rings/BB - Zipp Zuma Quad
Chain: KMC X10SL
Casette: DA 7900
Brakes: DA 7900
Cables: Di2 & iLinks/Powercordz (1.2)