@ SHERWOODY
I feel what you are saying. But from what I've seen, water-cooling our GPUs can make sense.
But I cannot stomach 100GBP for a cooling block, on an already expenseive card (that looks great too) also. And I'm told I need a second part for the back of the PCB also. Another 30 GBP?
Times all those costs by two as well, given I have 2x 1070 FTWs to equip, me thinks that a single 1080Ti, might be a better prospect, and dump my 1070s on a 'well-known' auction site...?
And furthermore, I never actaully hear my 1070s, not ever. I have to use their tool to force the fans to full just to experience the jet-sound they are capable of. I often see the fans spinning, and even in my open-style P5 case, my 1070s are inaudiable to me, and I'm not deaf...
Maybe if I were to see the water blocks half-price somewhere in future, but who is to say I still own these GPUs by then?
And my mind (money) is squarly-fixed on Skylake-E's offerings as they start to appear over the horizon.....