pastrychef
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How many Case Fans do you have? This could be a big factor. Also I would guess that water cooling would help in this scenario since the cooling happens at the front of the case before the GPU. I seem to remember watching a video and the overall system temp to be lower with the open shroud and water cooling then when they used the Blower style with Water Cooler.
Here's a picture I found from googling. My setup is pretty much exactly the same minus one video card. As you can see, under the drive bays, there are two fans. Both are 120mm Noctuas and I also have a single 120mm Noctua in the rear for exhaust.
The cooling on this case is fantastic. There's really no obstructions to airflow. Also, the fan that's in the middle of the Noctua heatsink sits low enough that it should offer at least some air circulation over the rear VRM heatsink.