FSP M580 Plus Mid-Tower Chassis Review

TweakTown Rating: 91%

Our Verdict

FSP's M580 Plus ATX case offers curved tempered glass, four ARGB 120mm PWM fans, and a $120 price tag, making it a great value-to-performance ratio.

Pros

• Includes four 120mm fans with digital RPM readout
• Includes ARGB/Fan controller and curved tempered glass is exquisite
• Competitive pricing
• Allows the use of two 360mm radiators at the same time
• BTF/Reverse motherboard support

Cons

• Fans do get very loud at full RPM
• ARGB/Fan controller did not allow for PWM fan control
• Low HDD/SSD support

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Introduction, Specifications, and Pricing

Today, we are looking at an interesting take on the ever-popular dual chamber fish tank style of ATX PC cases, this time with the FSP M580 Plus. Having an MSRP price of $120 on the street, FSP takes aim at the O11 Dynamic crowd, hoping to sway them over by including four 30mm thick 120mm ARGB fans, three of which are reverse-bladed.

With all the O11 Dynamic clones, this is already a very crowded market, so let's see if the M580 Plus from FSP is any good. Let's go.

A quick look at the FSP M580 Plus

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Packaging

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To start our review of the FSP M580 Plus, we have a very familiar site: the traditional brown cardboard box with a simplified picture of the M580 Plus on the outside.

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Flipping the cardboard box to the rear, we can now see more of a breakout or blown-out image of the M580 Plus, which consists of just four parts.

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When the M580 Plus is removed from its exterior packaging, we find another familiar site: top and bottom foam protective caps, along with a clear plastic bag, although this one was ripped.

Outside the FSP M580 Plus ATX Case

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Now, getting to the meat and potatoes of the M580 Plus, we have all the packing materials removed, which allows us to see the most distinctive feature: the curved front/side tempered glass.

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The front/side panel tempered glass is held into place without needing POGO pins, while a single captive thumbscrew is retained under the front lip.

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Moving to the back side panel, we spy two meshed-out sections, allowing fresh air intake for the PSU and the side-mounted 120mm ARGB fans. Unfortunately, the panel is not held into place with captive thumbscrews.

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The rear of the M580 Plus shows the site of the squatty fish bowl ATX-style PC case, with the PSU mounted directly behind the motherboard tray. Seven PCIe slots mean that eATX motherboards should not apply; however, it looks like sufficient ventilation is not at a premium here.

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Going up top, we can see a full-length dust filter, which is usually set up for exhaust, which kind of defeats the point of having a dust filter here anyway. Looking at the I/O, we have a large power button, a smaller reset button, two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, separated 3.5mm headphone and microphone jacks, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, and, lastly, an LED button.

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Looking at the underside of the M580 Plus, not much is going on here except for the full-length dust filter and four rubberized feet.

Inside the FSP M580 Plus ATX Case

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By removing the curved tempered glass side panel, we can now get a clearer view of the M580 Plus's internals. Four included ARGB 120mm fans with a thickness of 30mm each are included. The M580 Plus supports BTF or reverse motherboards, not to mention full support for up to a 360mm radiator in the roof or the bottom. The side accepts up to a 280mm radiator, but I would refrain.

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These included fans and a unique feature on the side that displays the current RPM of each fan.

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After removing the rear side panel, we can see all the I/O cabling, which is flat. The bracket behind the motherboard tray supports two plus 1 2.5" SSD/HDDs or two 3.5" HDDs. Also hidden below the HDD mounts is an ARGB/Fan controller with all the fans pre-wired.

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And finally, we come to the owner's manual, as well as the included accessories containing screws, cable ties, and a speaker are enclosed in a plastic box, which is handy during the build process. Now, let's get to the building.

Test System, Installation, and Finished Product

Final Thoughts

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Building in FSP's M580 Plus went pretty smoothly. The only issue I encountered was that the included ARGB/Fan controller did not allow for any PWM fan control, no matter what I tried. This issue was quickly remedied by plugging all the fans into the motherboard's PWM fan headers; however, the ARGB function still worked perfectly.

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For testing, I used the Intel Core i5 12600K on a Z690 AORUS Pro motherboard to test FSP's M580 Plus dual chamber mid-tower case. For the memory, two DDR5 sticks of Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB were run at DDR5-7200M/T. Zotac's NVIDIA RTX3090 Trinity was run at stock power limits and clocks via MSI's Afterburner GPU Overclocking and Monitoring utility for the test GPU.

For the fan configuration, the FSP M580 Plus fans are set up by default with three 30mm thick 120mm ARGB reverse-bladed fans on the side as the intake and another 30mm thick ARGB 120mm fan as the exhaust on the rear fan location. In addition to the exhaust, the three fans mounted to the Cooler Master PL360 Flux were three of the 120mm Phanteks D30 fans mounted to the roof, making for a slightly negative case pressure scenario. Temperatures for the 12600K rose to a max temperature of 61C but managed to average 53C while maintaining a boost clock of 4.5GHz.

The Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity did hit a maximum temperature of 80.2C but only averaged down to 78.7C. Overall, the temperatures were more than adequate for a dual-chamber system. However, I was surprised at how high the Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity got while the Intel Core i5 12600K remained quite chilly, my best guess is how low the GPU sits in the M580 Plus. While testing, I did omit the top dust filter, mainly because the dust buildup doesn't work that way and would hinder the fan's performance.

All testing was completed using Aida64 Engineer's System Stability Test version v7.35.7000 for over 8 hours; the ambient temperature was 18C. Other monitoring software used was HWiNFO64 v8.07-5515, TechPowerUp GPU-Z v2.62.0, and CPU-Z 2.14.0.x64.

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In closing, I think that FSP has done a banger of a job with the M580 Plus. It looks the part while offering good performance, which is always a good thing. When it comes down to it, people want fans with their PC case purchase, and the M580 Plus includes four of them, all while only costing $120. Not a bad deal, if you ask me.