EVGA has a Step-Up program for consideration (I've used it, took 65 days to get new card, kept old one until they shipped). Qualifying card owners have 90 days from date of purchase to register for Step-Up. Although there is no guarantee that the 1080Ti will be added to the Step-Up Inventory...
new PC: Win7Pro64 - Win10Pro Dual Boot
old PC: Win Vista 64 (currently using daily) - Win XP 32 (rarely active, no online use) Dual Boot
Galaxy S4 and S5: Android
Well, now that you've mentioned it, it'd definitely be over the top if you polished the aluminum plates. Makes me think of when I polished all of the aluminum on my (former) 5.7 TPI 1989 IROC-Z28. I used an Aluminum Manifold Polishing Kit from Eastwood Restoration. It'd be just a little more...
I'll likely get the EVGA AIO for the GTX 1080 that I'll be upgrading to. They will be released sometime around the middle of July and will have separate SKUs to cover the reference and the custom EVGA PCBs.
If I still had a fat budget, I'd like to use the EK Predator 360 AIO, pre-filled, and...