Alienware Alpha i5/i7 equivalent system

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Hello

I play a cycling game called Zwift. It's classed as a game but its basically indoor cycling around a virtual world and its very addictive and good for you.
Up to now I have been using my iphone 7plus to run the game and output to TV as my bike is on the ground floor and this gaming pc is on the 2nd floor where it will stay.
I have run the game on this rig with GTX1070 and i7 Processor and it is glorious. The iOS version isnt bad to be fair, but most of the old school use a PC to run the game. One of the better discreet PC's is the Alienware Alpha. Its quiet and does a good job, but ultimtely it is limited and not much better than iOS version. So I was wondering if its possible to build a really small system in a very compact case with an ITX/mATX mobo, i5/i7 CPU and whatever is the best low profile GPU out there at the moment.
Its been a while since I build a rig from scratch, so I am very out of date.
What's the best Case/Mobo/Low Profile GPU you guys can suggest please?
The game is 1440P capable, so I would also like to see if I can take advantage of that as well :)
Thanks in advance.
 
What's your budget?

Could you cope with a case this size - Link

Or are you looking for something similar to this ideally - link

The first option would cut down heat significantly and use standard everything the second type of case are very fiddly to build - heat can be an issue and you'll have to get an adapter for the gfx card - but it can be done.
 
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