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ITX 4K and quiet!

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I'm trying to put together a SFF rig but I am struggling to find a GFX that is small enough for the case, with enough punch to hopefully do 4K on a 55inch TV. and is pretty quiet in use.
Does anyone have any recommends based on experience with genuine ITX style GFX cards?
It seems an ITX variant of a 1060 or 1070 will out perform a larger 1050Ti, but surely it has to be loud right?
 
I have an ITX 1060 and 1070 in Sugo cases. They are both as quiet as eachother in light gaming use, but when stressing such as a long Valley run, its noise is more down to the overall thermal performance of the case/components. In summary keep the innards as clean as possible with good air flow and that's half the battle.
 
To add - the 1060 with an old i3 is on my 4k tv, and i can play Project Cars, Dirt etc at 4k medium with no problem. The 1070 is on a 1080 tv and obviously walks it.
 
I have a Gigabyte 1070 ITX Mini OC with added OC...I wouldn't say its that loud, the CPU cooling and case cooling I have is definitely louder.

Has 0 RPM mode until it hits around 50 degrees too.
 
4K what? Gaming

Get a case like the Ncase M1 and you can stick a 1080Ti in it:
NcaseM1_03.jpg
 
Great answers so far guys, thanks very much. Some more detail for you.
This rig and TV will have just one use - to play a game called "Zwift" which is an indoor cycling game/training software. It is awesome, very immersive.
I have a MSI GTX 1070 that I was hoping to re-purpose in this rig but I am stuck with trying to find a 4K capable card that will fit inside something as small as a Sugo SG13 / SG05 case (260mm length max, my 1070 is 279mm!!!!)
Or get a bigger SFF case that I know my 1070 will fit inside, but it seems you have to go much bigger than the Sugo SG13 to fit a 279mm card in.
 
There is also a "short" GTX1080 from Zotac if you really want more punch.

In this case Vega might be worth waiting for, the on-die HBM allows it to save a lot of PCB length (think R9 Nano).
 
I have an ITX Motherboard and case, running a GTX1080TI... its a bit compact but it all gets spat out the back of the case anyway.
 
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