Faced with the end of Windows 10 support, I replaced my old Intel 8th-generation PC in my living room with a new one without a graphics card.
I only use the living room PC for internet searches and video streaming services. Since the latest CPUs have improved integrated graphics capabilities, I figured I’d be fine without a graphics card, so I built one. This is my second build. My first was also a Mini-ITX Intel with a graphic card.
I installed an ASUS ROG STRIX B860I with a Core Ultra 7 265 into a COOJ MQ4 case. It has 64GB of memory, a 500GB SSD1, and a 4TB SSD2. I initially installed an Intel retail cooler, but it made a small humming noise every time I surfed the web. After switching to a Scythe BIG SHURIKEN4 SCBSK-4000 (67mm), this noise disappeared.
The case never gets…
Faced with the end of Windows 10 support, I replaced my old Intel 8th-generation PC in my living room with a new one without a graphics card.
I only use the living room PC for internet searches and video streaming services. Since the latest CPUs have improved integrated graphics capabilities, I figured I’d be fine without a graphics card, so I built one. This is my second build. My first was also a Mini-ITX Intel with a graphic card.
I installed an ASUS ROG STRIX B860I with a Core Ultra 7 265 into a COOJ MQ4 case. It has 64GB of memory, a 500GB SSD1, and a 4TB SSD2. I initially installed an Intel retail cooler, but it made a small humming noise every time I surfed the web. After switching to a Scythe BIG SHURIKEN4 SCBSK-4000 (67mm), this noise disappeared.
The case never gets hot. The MQ4 also has two case fans (CFY-80US) on the top. I found the noise a little annoying, so I turned down the fan speed. I could feel a slight breeze when I held my hand over the top. The air drawn in through the black panel on the left side is slightly warmed and comes out from the right side.
The COOJ website listed the case fan as a 15mm 8015, so I purchased the CFZ-8015SA. However, the screws were too short to install, so I changed it to a 10mm 8010.
The MQ4 comes in three colors. I wanted gray, but it was out of stock. I ordered black, but it took a while to arrive. When I inquired, they said they had silver, so I ended up with silver.
I’m surrounded by Chinese products, but this MQ4 was my first direct purchase from a Chinese website. The website stated it should be processed within one week, but it took two months to arrive. I later learned from sites like reddit that COOJ is prone to delays.
My first inquiry email, a week after I ordered, went unanswered, and it wasn’t until nearly two months later, when I finally received a response to my request to speed up the delivery, that I received my first response. Even though there was no sign of it having arrived, COOJ said he had sent you several emails saying the item was out of stock.
If it hadn’t arrived, he thought it might have been blocked. It’s certainly possible for it to be blocked in China. A few days later, the fulfillment status finally changed to Fulfilled, and a UPS tracking number was attached.
If you track the package using this number, you’ll find that COOJ’s warehouse or factory is at least in Shenzhen. It was airlifted from Shenzhen to Narita.
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265 BOX CPU Cooler: Scythe BIG SHURIKEN4 SCBSK-4000 Memory: Crucial CP2K32G56C46U5 Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B860-I GAMING WIFI OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro DSP Edition PC Case: COOJ SPARROW-MQ4 SSD1: Crucial P310 CT500P310SSD8-JP SSD2: Crucial T500 CT4000T500SSD5JP Case Fan: AINEX CFY-80US x 2
¥238,359
PassMark score: 5601 overall. CPU Core temperatures are about 34°C and SSD temperatures are 49°C and 47°C.
The MQ4 offers a choice of steel, aluminum, or both side panels, and I chose the aluminum one. It came with a power supply (Enhance ENP-8335L Flex ATX 350W) pre-installed. I paid $274 via PayPal (including $35 shipping). In Japanese yen, that’s ¥43,321. Very expensive.
The black panels on the left and right sides are attached with magnets and can be removed. The power supply is on the far right, and the flat line in front of it is USB Type-C. The bottom edge is empty, but the area where the power cable comes out of the power supply is always congested. You can’t see it, but there’s a case fan above it that was hitting the cable and not turning, so I fixed it.
The congestion of these cables was a bottleneck, so even though I followed the instructions and tried to secure the MB and then install the PSU, it didn’t work, so I put the PSU in first. The CPU cooler was so large that it covered the memory, and it got in the way when inserting power cables, so I had to remove it first.
The congestion of these cables was a bottleneck, so even though I followed the instructions and tried to secure the MB and then install the PSU, it didn’t work, so I put the PSU in first. The CPU cooler was so large that it covered the memory, and it got in the way when inserting power cables, so I had to remove it first.
This is the left side with the panel removed. I had planned to attach the M2.SSD1 (500GB) that will run Windows to the front, but the original heatsink got in the way, so I moved it to the back of the MB. I attached the M2.SSD2 (4TB) for data to the front, where the large heatsink on the MB is.