I'm only buying an mITX to play games while staying in hotels and apartments when being abroad for months during the winter, so I'll be happy with one screen at 1080p, max 24', but more likely 20'. I would have bought a laptop if I was not going to use the mITX at home with the Asus 27" LED G-Sync ROG SWIFT PG278Q (1440/144hz).
I'm totally allergic to microstuttering, so actually rather play on a 1080 res than a 4k screen with stuttering.
(In this case if you have the funds for the 1080 then that's the route I would go. For 1080p the GTX1070 would be way more than enough but since you'll also be gaming at 1440/144hz then just get the GTX1080)
My store has both the Node 202 and the Gigabyte 1070 Mini ITX OC. Will this smaller GPU work inside the Node, with a 6700k, despite the lack of airflow fans? Just asking because the Silverstone is out of stock in Norway now, and I prefer a slim case when downgrading to a 1070.
(There's really no way to know for sure until someone tries it. I don't know of anyone that has this combo but will do some looking around. I would still be leery of the airflow in that case regardless of what GPU you go with.)
The Node 202 seems to work well with the 1070 and 6700:
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vG7hP6 (It will certainly fit. Try and find some reports of temps under load. )
Though nice to get a second opinion from the pros in this forum here
Read that 1080 and 1070 are too wide for the Air 240 (makes we wonder what Corsair was thinking about when not making the 240 just a few mm wider, but guess they didn't know what Nvidia would do in the future).
(This is not true Here is a build in an Air 240 using the GTX 1080.
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And what PSU is good for a slim case? How much watt is necessary to run a 1070 and the 6700k without OC?
(You will need an SFX PSU for that case. There is one included but they are generally not considered quality units. I use OuterVision's calculator to determine how much PSU to get.)