So I decided instead of spending $900 putting this setup on a 1080 Gaming X, I would buy the 1070 Armor for hundreds less and invest less than $165 for upgrading the cooling.  That includes:
 
Corsair H110 w/ SP140 fans: $115
NZXT Kraken G10: $30
Noctua 92mm NF-A9: $17 +

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Total: $162
 
MSI GTX 1070 Armor OC: $449.99 (now it is even more lol)
 
Total Overall: $611.99
 
The best part about my setup is the absolute max temp the core ever reaches is 41C and usually it is always in the 30's.  Only the harshest test can push it into the 41C cieling.  I am talking about after hours of testing/gaming, it's rock solid at that temp.  Very impressive results.  I did have one problem though, the H110 has such short tubing that it can't reach the cieling of my Corsair 650D, so I had to mount it vertically between the hard drive bay and the GPU.  It functions very impressively there though, due to the 200mm intake fan blowing straight at 2x 140mm SP140 fans on the radiator.  I plan to cut vents in the back side door to allow it pull in more cold air because of the positioning of everything I believe this will help.
 
I did have to cut the bracket as you will see in the video once I have it ready.  I plan to eventually sand it off smooth and paint it black also.  I was just trying to figure out if I could get it to fit or not.  Right now it looks like the only choice is to get an adapter to flip the card upside down.  That would allow it to reach.  I know they make extensions for PCI-E 16x, so I need to see if they make a simple adapter to flip the card.
 

 

 
 
I will be getting some simple square brackets to hold it in place securely, for now it is just sitting there, but it is very solid.  I have a video that I made showing the install and the change from a load temp up to 80C to down to a max load of 39-40C, very impressive.  Also the OC that is stable on this thing is nuts, especially the VRAM.  
 
OC on GPU Core: 2.139 GHz
OC on GDDR5: 9.624 Gbps (8.0 stock, GDDR5X = 10 Gbps)
 
Here is the 3DMark using a bench with the same CPU as me, but his OC is 100 MHz higher.  He has twice the amount of RAM as I do and he has a slightly OC'd GTX 1080.  However you'll be surprised by the results here, both are certified as valid scores:
 
http://www.3dmark.com/com.re/spy/163456/spy/39763#
 
**Note: the average score for a GTX 1080 w/ a 3770K OC'd is between 6000-6400, it all depends on the OC of the 1080 and how extreme the 3770K is OC'd.  I picked this one because it was extremely close to my OC and although it has twice the RAM, the 1080 is near stock speed.  The graphics scores speak for themselves in what a 1070 can actually do if pushed to the limit.
 

 
Any thoughts or opinions on my findings?  I know this is a very specific scenario and very small differences, but I also think it shows I achieved what I set out to do, catch a stock 1080 or even one with a mild OC.  If I can just get more power limit/voltage I think I can easily remain stable at 2.3-2.4 GHz on the core.  I have yet to see my temps go past 40C since installing this setup.
 
I will soon post a video for those interested to watch.  It shows the temps and everything before the install, the install itself and then the results in temp and performance numbers.  I nearly broke 6k on the 3DMark DX12 test and that is VERY good  I am #70 right now for my CPU and GPU combo.  Will let you know when video is ready!
 
Here are my Afterburner logs for some of the 3DMark runs:  https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/15116061/img/MSI-GTX-1070-Armor/Afterburner-Log-3DMark.jpg
 
 
 
 

interesting. i always wondered if the G10 would work on the 1070/1080.

I have a Fractal Design R2 XL. It has a front door that is closed 99% of the time. I'm not sure a front fan controller will work for me.
 
Is your pump plugged into the motherboard or the fan controller? Can anything plug into the GPU's original CPU fan connector?
 
Edit: Just occurred to me that the MSI has the extra plate over most of the board to cool the memory. Maybe this won't be as possible for me as I thought.
 
 

I agree it is low, I thought I said the average was around 7000 for my CPU and a GTX 1080 (both OC'd).  However there were plenty of scores between 6000-6500 with GTX 1080's at stock speeds with my CPU.  
 
Also keep in mind my score has no tweaking or playing with drivers, it was a fire it up and go kind of thing.

I saw one 980 Ti that was  beating the 1080 scores with very high clocks (1.8 GHz+) in these tests too.  BTW, I doubt the Ti did it with a max temp of 41C haha.

Wanted to share some success I had in 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4976 was my best score.  I actually managed to grab 4 out of the top 5 spots for my CPU/GPU combo.
 
 You can compare directly to me here: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/9592661

Overall Rankings (need to select 1x GPU):
http://www.3dmark.com/search#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/R/1419/1090/8157?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel%20Core%20i7-3770K%20Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA%20GeForce%20GTX%201070
 


 
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