Cases, cooling, and power expert SilverStone has actually revealed that a desktop PC case that it formerly flaunted as an April Fools’ joke is heading to retail. An unashamedly beige SilverStone FLP01 pre-built system was on display screen previously in the week at the company’s Japan Expo. Japanese tech media reports that FLP01 cases will be launched at some point in Q1 2025 priced at JPY 19,800 (~$130).
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A few of us tech old-timers began on systems that look a lot like SilverStone’s brand-new FLP01. This specific style is stated to have actually been highly affected by the NEC PC-9800 series, which was popular in Japan. The desktop type element functions as a screen stand and puts the switching of vital floppy and CD media within simple reach.
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Looking more carefully at the not-shiny brand-new FLP01, the front has a couple of synthetic 5.25-inch floppy drives to the. Unfortunately, they look phony, even from a range, with the filled-in slots and single-color plastics. These 2 artifices turn open to expose an optical drive (upper slot) and front I/O selection consisting of earphones, USB-A, and USB-C ports (lower slot). A power button, plus disk activity and power LEDs seem present on the left front side of the desktop case. You can see these information in a series of images shared by ascii.jp.
At the exposition, SilverStone had an FLP01 system set up with some effective contemporary parts, probably to reveal its versatility and capability. It crammed in a full-sized ATX motherboard, full-size PSU, water cooling, Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU, and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GPU, in addition to containers of storage. A lot of space appeared to be left for larger GPUs than the Asus Dual design included, approximately an optimum of 300mm in length. CPU coolers approximately 138mm high can suit. The demonstration system was set up with 3 consumption fans (2 left wing, one on the right) venting from the back and top.
Other information we obtained about this case were that it determines 440mm x 362mm, and is 170mm high. Obviously, some small cosmetic modifications will be made to this model, to make it a better homage to the abovementioned NEC PC-9800.
Ideally, this, or a comparable beige retro homage case from SilverStone, will be provided beyond the Japanese market. Functions and prices aren’t bad if you watch for a simple sleeper PC construct.
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