Project 005 – MERCURY VAULT

When I first discovered the COOJ Z18 Glass Edition case on the YouTube canel of Devyn Jonston , I was instantly hooked.The combination of a one-piece aluminum unibody and tempered glass side panels created such a refined aesthetic that I knew I had to make it the centerpiece of a special build.

After a long planning phase, Mercury Vault is finally complete. The goal was clear from the beginning: to create a compact powerhouse that combines raw performance with elegant design. With its minimalistic exterior and carefully optimized interior, Mercury Vault truly lives up to its name – a vault of power encased in sleek precision.

The hardware inside represents some of the finest components available today: an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, cooled by an NZXT Kraken Elite 240 AIO, and supported by 64 GB of G.Skill DDR5 RAM. All of this performance is powered by a Corsair SF1000 SFX PSU, neatly integrated into the COOJ Z18 chassis.

Of course, no build is complete without attention to the finer details. Custom accessories, premium cooling optimizations, and carefully selected ARGB lighting ensure that Mercury Vault runs not only fast and stable, but also cool and quiet.

🔧 Specifications

Case: COOJ Z18 Side Glass Edition (Silver unibody aluminum, tempered glass)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X – 12 Cores / 24 Threads, up to 5.6 GHz
CPU Cooling: NZXT Kraken Elite 240 (AIO water cooling 2024 Version)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI (Mini-ITX, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, WiFi 6E)
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2×32 GB, DDR5-6000)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 FE
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 530R 2 TB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen4)
PSU: Corsair SF1000 SFX (1000W- ATX 3.1 2024 version)
Cooling & Accessories:
- Thermal Grizzly Contact Sealing Frame
- Noctua NF-A9 PWM chromax + NA-FG1-9 Fan Grill
- 2× Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 V2 Reverse ARGB
- Custom small parts & cable management
Software: Windows 11 Pro