Following the recently tested CH690 Digital, today we will get acquainted with another DeepCool case of the same design – with two glass panels in the front and on the side. The model is called CG580 and, despite the similarity in appearance, has a different positioning, its ideology is maximum accessibility without compromising functionality and capacity. There is no monitoring display, video card holder, and there is no USB Type-C port on the panel, and the dimensions of the case are slightly smaller than those of the CH690 Digital. Nevertheless, the twice cheaper CG580 has a couple of obvious advantages, which we will tell you about in this material.
⇡#Specifications
⇡#Packaging and equipment
DeepCool CG580 comes in a medium-sized cardboard box with slots in the ends for carrying. The box is not heavy – about nine kilograms.
On one of its ends there are detailed technical characteristics of the case, as well as the country of manufacture and the full address of the manufacturing company.
Interestingly, inside the cardboard box the body is sandwiched between two foamed polyethylene inserts reinforced with a cardboard shell, something we haven’t seen even in the more expensive CH690 Digital.
The components are located inside the case in a small bag. They include a clamping plate for PCIe slots, a set of screws and bushings, plastic cable ties, and assembly instructions.
DeepCool’s production facilities are located in China, so it is not surprising that the CG580 comes from this country. The case comes with a one-year warranty. As for the cost of the CG580, it is only 5,799 rubles, which is quite inexpensive for branded cases of this form factor.
⇡#Design
In terms of design, the DeepCool CG580, also a Mid-Tower case, is no different from the CH690 Digital: the same tempered glass panels (front and side), the same perforated top with a filter, and a second side panel made of steel. The only difference is that the ports and buttons have been moved to the top, since this case does not have a metal frame at the bottom.
But the dimensions of the case are more modest and equal 501 × 235 × 437 mm, that is, the height is reduced by 15 mm, the width by 5 mm, and the length by 48 mm.
The DeepCool CG580 weighs one kilogram less than the CH690 Digital, at 7.9 kilograms.
The rear panel of the case has a standard layout with the ability to install a 120- or 140-mm fan, with a perforated area above the PCI-Express tables. Also on top we mark the 30-mm distance from the top of the opening of the interface panel of the board to the case cover.
The top and bottom of the case have almost identical perforated zones, and both are covered with dust filters.
The filters are held in place by a magnetic strip around the perimeter, making them easy to remove for cleaning.
Like the CH690 Digital, the body rests on four 20mm high plastic feet, onto the base of which soft strips of porous material are glued.
The budget class of the case is emphasized by its ports, which are located along with the buttons and indicator on the top panel. There is no USB Type-C or USB 2.0, only a pair of USB 3.0 and a combined headphone/microphone jack, as well as power and reset buttons.
The materials used and the build quality of the case in DeepCool CG580 are completely standard, no flaws were found, but still there is a feeling of a “budget” case.
⇡#Internal structure
The DeepCool CG580 chassis is removed from the front and side panels, three filters, and the drive mounting plate on the back of the motherboard tray. The case design is shown in the diagram.
Hidden under the filters of the upper and lower panels are perforated areas of a large area. Slots for installing different types of fans are visible at the top, and holes for mounting drives are visible at the bottom.
The glass side panel is held in place by clips and can be removed without using a screwdriver. The opposite panel is made of thin sheet steel with a thickness of 0.7-0.8 mm and is fixed to the chassis with two knurled screws.
The end of this panel has a stamped handle for easy removal, and in the front there is a large perforated area covered with a dust filter.
Without the side panels, the DeepCool CG580 becomes very light and looks like this.
We immediately note the spacious work area, where you can install motherboards of the ATX, micro-ATX or mini-ITX form factors, including models with connectors located on the back side of the PCB (Back-Connect Design).
Judging by the diagram, the DeepCool CG580 will also accommodate E-ATX boards, but they will completely block the vertical cable holes.
The maximum height of the processor cooler for this case is stated at 176 mm.
The DeepCool CG580 will also accommodate long video cards – up to 410 mm, but the case does not provide a standard support for them.
However, now manufacturers of such large and expensive video cards equip them with supports themselves, so it is unlikely that the absence of such a supporting device can be considered a disadvantage of the budget DeepCool CG580.
But in this case you can install a video card vertically, putting its beautiful glowing cooling system on display. To do this, you need to turn over the removable panel with PCIe slots, unscrewing the four screws that secure it.
The top panel of the case has 12 longitudinal slots for installing fans of 120 or 140 mm size in the amount of three pieces. The height reserve from the motherboard will allow placing radiators of liquid cooling systems with a thickness of 25-30 mm on this panel.
The internal layout of the rear panel is standard.
There are seven PCIe slots with perforated strips for installing expansion cards, which will have to be broken out when installing the cards. There are no reusable strips included with the case.
On the back of the motherboard tray there is a removable plate for installing two 2.5-inch drives.
Another similar drive or 3.5-inch HDD can be installed on the base of the case in its front part.
The power supply area is covered by its own perforated casing, which has three large openings for cables to enter the work area.
The maximum length of the power supply is stated at 210 mm, but with careful cable laying, another 30-40 mm can be added to this figure.
Three cables extend from the front panel of the case: USB 3.0, audio cable, and motherboard signal cable.
Do I need to add here that the budget DeepCool CG580 does not have a backlight or a fan controller?
⇡#Cooling system and retrofit options
DeepCool’s range includes a CG580 version with four 120 mm fans with beautiful backlighting, indexed 4F (it costs four thousand rubles more), but the basic modification of the CG580, which we are testing today, is not equipped with fans at all. At the same time, the case’s fan installation capabilities are quite wide.
If only three 140 mm fans can be installed here, then ten (!) 120 mm fans can be installed at once: three on the top and side panels, two on the power supply casing, and one each on the rear wall and base of the case.
You can also install liquid cooling systems in the DeepCool CG580: on the top and side walls – with radiators up to 360 × 120 mm, and on the rear – up to 140 × 140 mm.
At the same time, radiators measuring 280 × 140 mm can be installed on the top panel, which can also be useful in some cases.
⇡#Assembly
We tried to find some peculiarities of assembling components in the DeepCool CG580 case, but everything turned out to be so standard that even beginners won’t have to look into the detailed instructions (PDF format, 5.33 MB). The SSD is mounted with screws on a removable panel.
There is more than enough 33 mm for laying cables behind the motherboard tray, and fans can be installed according to your needs and capabilities. In our case, we equipped the case you are already familiar with with five 120 mm be quiet! fans, installing two for intake and three for exhaust. This is the assembly we ended up with.
If you also use fans without backlighting in the DeepCool CG580, the case will look very modest and official on the table.
Of course, the CG580 with two glass panels is designed to accommodate both fans and components equipped with beautiful and synchronized lighting. Otherwise, buying a case of this format is simply pointless.
⇡#Configuration, methodology and testing
We evaluated the cooling efficiency of the components in the DeepCool CG580 case and its noise level using a test configuration consisting of the following components:
- Motherboard: MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi (Intel Z790, LGA1700, BIOS H.D2 from 08/12/2024); socket amplifier: ID-Cooling ABF-1700;
- Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K 3.0-5.8P/2.2-4.3E GHz (Raptor Lake, 10 nm, 8/16P+16E cores, 36 MB L3, TDP 125/253 W);
- Cooling system: PentaWave Z06D SRB (2 × 120 mm, PWM 780–1800 rpm);
- Thermal interface: ID-Cooling Frost X45 [15.2 W/(m K)];
- RAM: DDR5 2 × 24 GB Team Group T-Create Expert (CTCED548G7200HC34ADC01), XMP 7200 MHz 34-42-42-84 CR2 at 1.4 V;
- Video card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER FE 8 GB/256 bit, overclocked to 1770-1935(2055)/18200 MHz;
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- System and benchmarks: Crucial T700 1 TB (CT1000T700SSD3, PCIe 4.0 x4);
- Benchmarks and games: Patriot VIPER VP4300 1 TB (VP4300-1TBM28H, PCIe 4.0 x4);
- Benchmarks and games: Netac N950E Pro 1 TB (NT01N950E-001T-E4X, PCIe 3.0 x4);
- Benchmarks: Gigabyte GP-AG4500G 0.5 Tbyte (PCIe 4.0 x4);
- Benchmarks: SSTC Hammerhead P990 Pro Plus 1 TB (PCIe 4.0 x4);
- Storage: Intel SSD 730 480 GB (SATA III, BIOS vL2010400);
- Power supply: be quiet! Straight Power 10 500W (BN231) (0.5 kW, 80 Plus Gold), 135 mm fan.
The frequency of the Intel Core i9-13900K processor was set at 5.3 GHz for productive cores, and for energy-efficient cores at 4.2 GHz with the voltage fixed at 1.105 V and the Load-Line Calibration function at the third level.
To warm up the components inside the case, we used an individual stress load for each individual component, since this is how their maximum heating is achieved. The central processor was loaded with a ten-minute Cinebench R23 test in the “Test Throttling” mode. The HWiNFO64 program version 8.24-5700 was used to monitor temperatures.
To increase heat dissipation, the video card was overclocked for the graphics processor at 120 MHz and for the effective video memory frequency at 1350 MHz.
The overclocked video card was loaded with the Fire Strike Extreme stress test (20 cycles) from the 3DMark package, and the GPU-Z version 2.64.0 and MSI Afterburner version 4.6.6 beta 3 programs were used for its monitoring.
The room temperature during the tests was controlled by an electronic thermometer and fluctuated in the range from 24.8 to 25.1 degrees Celsius. We measured the case noise level with an electronic noise meter “OKTAVA-110A”, fixed on a tripod at a distance of 600 mm from the system unit case. We will add that the lower limit of measurements of this noise meter is 22 dBA (complete silence).
As you have already seen above, we equipped the DeepCool CG580 with five 120 mm be quiet! fans, which operated in three modes: at speeds of 800, 1000 and 1200 rpm. A comparison of efficiency was conducted with our reference case Thermaltake Core X71, equipped with six 140 mm be quiet! Silent Wings 3 fans with PWM control in the range of 810 to 1040 rpm, and we evaluated the noise level in comparison with the indicators of different case models tested using an identical methodology.
The results of testing the temperature conditions of the main components in the housings are shown in the following diagram.
In terms of cooling efficiency, the DeepCool CG580 even showed itself slightly better than the CH690 Digital, since the difference with our reference case is smaller here than in the previous article. In terms of processor temperature, the CG580 is inferior to the Thermaltake Core X71 by only 4 degrees Celsius at 1200 rpm, with a temperature increase of one degree Celsius when the speed is reduced to 1000 and then to 800 rpm. The difference in the temperatures of the motherboard power circuits is even smaller: three degrees Celsius from the Core X71 and another half a degree Celsius when reducing the speed of non-standard case fans. There are also no critical problems with cooling the video card in the DeepCool CG580 case. Temperature losses when reducing the speed of the case fans are insignificant, and the difference with the reference case is no more than four degrees Celsius.
The noise level of the DeepCool CG580, equipped with five 120 mm be quiet! fans, is shown in the following diagram in comparison with other cases.
At 800 rpm fan speed, the DeepCool CG580 works very quietly, even when such a case is placed next to it on the table, it can barely be heard (without starting stress loads, of course). Increasing the fan speed to the 1000 rpm limit does not take the case beyond the comfort limit, it becomes audible, but nothing more. But at 1200 rpm, even such high-quality “turntables” as be quiet!, behind the glass panels of the case become clearly audible. However, with the difference in temperatures that we saw in the first diagram in the article, increasing the speed of case fans above 1000 rpm makes no sense.
⇡#Conclusions
DeepCool CG580 is a successful combination of low cost with maximum functionality and capacity. With relatively small dimensions of the case, you can use any motherboards, with the exception of very rare and expensive E-ATX, high processor coolers and video cards up to 410 mm long, including vertical installation. Numerous holes, 33 mm niches behind the motherboard tray, a sufficient number of loops and plastic ties included in the package simplify cable management. DeepCool CG580 can install ten 120 mm fans or three 140 mm, place liquid cooling systems up to 360 × 120 mm. Two tempered glasses literally provoke the choice of components with backlighting, primarily fans. And it is important that CG580 allows the user not to overpay for unnecessary components, organizing optimal cooling for their hardware and tasks.