Need a recommendation for a GTX 1080 that will be watercooled in custom loop

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A quick search on here and I couldnt find a thread that answered my issue (apologies if I'm just blind)

I run a watercooled system (custom loop) and I'm looking at upgrading my graphics card to a GTX 1080 (oh Titan XP, y u so expensive). I want something that I can overclock a bit and run 24/7 and my problem is that I am spoiled for choice. I don't actually know what is the 'best' brand or edition of card to get, as I wont be using the air coolers they come with. I know that the differences between cards is more than their air coolers, but paying an extra $200 mostly for a fancy copper slab I wont use seems like a poor purchase.

So, should I just go for a founders card, or something like an EVGA Classified etc? What would be the pros/cons of whatever cards people would recommend?
 
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So here is a list of cards that are supported by EK, which I would recommend going with for a water block. That being said, and with the EVGA classified block being canceled, and no other company making a block for it, there is very little difference between the cards. I would just say go for the EVGA FTW card, as it seems to be the most well designed card in terms of overclocking.

Ethanh100

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So here is a list of cards that are supported by EK, which I would recommend going with for a water block. That being said, and with the EVGA classified block being canceled, and no other company making a block for it, there is very little difference between the cards. I would just say go for the EVGA FTW card, as it seems to be the most well designed card in terms of overclocking.
 
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