Yes, I have looked into water cooling and i know the prices are higher. My thoughts were to wait for the p180 to be released, go with panaflos for silence, pad for vibrations, and go with fanless zantec heatsink for my 9800xt - as well as the 120mm Zalman for my CPU - which should keep it cool and quiet... With watercooling and without padding it would not only be somewhat of a hassle, but also the pump makes noise, the Power Supply fans generate noise that only padding can silence... Also, with watercooling you still need fans to keep ambient temps down and hard drives cool - all the fan slots coming with the computer need to be filled, preferably with panaflos, so im spending the same in that regard. So watercooling is more expensive and not quite needed. Look at that link above about G4TV - amazing, 14 db!! aircooling! Of course i wont be able to achieve that... but i would be more than happy with 20db which i believe i can achieve. Absolute silence for roughly 500 dollars, pricey, but i am beginning to understand its value.