SilverStone reveals the FLP02 late-80s style tower PC case — proudly beige but thoroughly modern inside
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jecowa@reddit
Everyone needs 3 floppy drives:
pdp10@reddit
The copying program fits in RAM and stays resident. Two drives.
Now ask me why I have three Blu-ray drives...
Ashamed-Ad4508@reddit
I got 2x BR's ... BUT.. if i saw the Gamers Nexus video right.. i think this monster can support 2x 2.5" SSD and 2-3x 3.5" HDD. I'm more intersted in the key lock 😁 against the kids!
** Shut Up And Take My Money ** meme placeholder... 🤣😁
Standard-Impress8854@reddit
Right that key lock can be so useful! My cats keep turning on or off my PC when they climb on it. I'm surprised more companies haven't thought to bring those back!
Ashamed-Ad4508@reddit
So nuclear launch key vibes... 😜
EllienoreB@reddit
When is it available for sale?
Pyro_san@reddit
Man, I love this so much. Absolutely hideous, but in the good sense. This is a knockout, an absolute 5/7, I love every single messed-up (bet perfectly age-appropriate) detail on this.
I've never spent even half of what's this gonna cost on a case before, but man I'm tempted to get one of these.
blooguard@reddit
I absolutely can’t wait to get one of these cases. Beige is the best case color. Luckily you can get Blu-Ray / CD/DVD writers in beige as well
seatux@reddit
Everyone gawking at the fake floppy covers and turbo and lock switch.
But seeing all 3 LEDs for power, disk and turbo plus a reset switch. Man why modern cases have to lose so many LEDs and buttons?
Also where front USB ports or have to buy those 5.25 inch bay USB front panel ports like the 2000s?
locn4r@reddit
And thank goodness they are using LED colors from a more civilized age, not those blinding blue things.
seatux@reddit
I think this case LED is not too bad because of the translucent plastic the LEDs are under. 2000s on wards the LEDs tend to be unobstructed with any filter.
Araghastek@reddit
There's a flap on the very top of the front panel, the I/O is under it.
Strongit@reddit
The bit right above the fake floppy drives swings down to reveal two USB A ports, a USB C port, and a 3.5 mm jack
a5ehren@reddit
Yeah I miss reset buttons
katt2002@reddit
lol my Lian Li o11 doesn't even have reset button.
xternocleidomastoide@reddit
The faux floppy drives are specially hideous. And the piss yellow off white is a nice touch as well.
Absolutely revolting, like most of those clone cases back in the day.
Chef's kiss. 11/10
Raz0rking@reddit
I bloody want one.
locn4r@reddit
I think I want two.
IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES@reddit
Got the turbo button so I can slow down my 486dx2 for tank wars
xternocleidomastoide@reddit
I always wondered what that button did when I was a kid!
IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES@reddit
For a variety of chips would cut the speed in half. Years ago, you’d have games that had timing not based in seconds but dependent on clock speed. Get a new computer 3 years later and you couldn’t even see things happen, and it was easiest to hit the turbo button and slow things down.
Aso: elite medical name
xternocleidomastoide@reddit
Thanks. I ended up figuring that out, but it was hilarious the theories I came up as a child.
They should bring back physical over drive buttons or something for overclocking. Ha ha.
katt2002@reddit
The finishing touch is they managed to use the correct LEDs (those classic milky and tinted ones) not the modern ultra bright crystal clear ones.
WisdomInTheShadows@reddit
The first computer I remember my mom getting when I was little looked very much like this. She got it for my parents home business and it had three 5.25 drives. 1 was dedicated for swapping in and out OS and program disks, 1 was for adding data into the computer, and then one was for storage of the output. It didn't have a hard drive at first because that would have cost more than they could afford, but I know she added one a couple of years later, I think it was 256mb and was refurbished from a family friend.
GodOfGamingBG@reddit
Great, if I manage to buy one of these, feels like a waste to build a regular modern PC in it, but also kind of feels like a waste to build a vintage PC in it as well... I think I will go with the theme and use modern components that look retro, like an unpainted green Supermicro/Tyan workstation board of some kind with ECC ram with no heatspreaders and stuff like that, and run Q4OS with Trinity desktop environment on it. I imagine it would be very difficult to get a hold of this case though...
SegataSanshiro@reddit
I'm kinda considering building my emulation machine in this.
There's folks who do setups with Batocera(emulation-focused linux distro) where there are custom video drivers for the later graphics cards that still had analog video out, for hooking up to CRT monitors. I've got one right now built into a used Dell Optiplex, and I use it for both consoles and old PC stuff(DOSbox, ScummVM, vice64, whatever Retroarch uses for Apple ][, etc soforth).
GodOfGamingBG@reddit
Yeah, I have similar idea for what to do with it, try to get as many 4:3 aspect ratio games released for any platform, working either natively, or trough wine/proton, or trough emulation, or as a last resort trough a KVM with passtrough to a secondary vintage graphics card
Xurbax@reddit
Okay... I have been through the PC era since the very beginning... and I personally do NOT feel the need to go back to these sorts of case-styles. At all.
SegataSanshiro@reddit
I do. I have a very "mid-century modern" home office where I can indulge in old tech(there's a VCR and an old Commodore CRT monitor on my desk next to my more modern setup).
I don't hate modern things just for being modern or anything, but today's fish tank style all-glass cases with pulsing neon lights and no drive bays just don't do it for me.
SpaceCadet2000@reddit
Good for you. So pick something else, instead of trying to ruin it for people who do appreciate this.
ThermL@reddit
Silverstone never even made a cheap plastic chassis. They've been premium from the get-go. While this is sort of nostalgic to the 80s, it sure as shit isn't nostalgic to Silverstone.
I think that if they want some nostalgia sales in a tiny market, refreshing the TJ07 (with wheels and all) would probably gather some interest.
seatux@reddit
Man even CM has quite the back catalog too, CM Storm, 690, etc refresh would be surprising.
kanzakiranko@reddit
The old Lian Li Lancools that were actually geared for LAN parties, had brackets to lock in your GPU for transport and removable handles... All of that while not being one of the more modern, compact LAN party-geared cases
Jeep-Eep@reddit
The storm stryker sized for 140mm front fans and with a modern style side window would slot into the modern market like a glove.
And the Lanboy Air is screaming for a 140mm compatible update and a tempered glass side window option.
schlongborn@reddit
They should have not put those fake floppy drives blends in, just plain ones would have been better imho.
Alive_Worth_2032@reddit
Actually, no 3,5" makes it look older. 5,25 is the original floppy drive format from the late 70s. The first PC from IBM with 3,5 didn't come out until the mid 80s.
schlongborn@reddit
Right, but I mean the style reminds me of some typical 90s cases.
kanzakiranko@reddit
90s cases would ALWAYS have 3.5in bays as floppies were the norm at this time period.
The 3.5in floppy wasn't a thing until the late 80s. Up until the mid 80s, cases would only have 5.25in bays, to the point that 5.25in drives that supported 3.5in floppies (as well as janky adapters+faceplates for you to install a 3.5in drive to a 5.25in bay) were common in the late 80s/early 90s.
No 3.5in is either early 80s (before the 3.5in floppy was common) or mid 00s (when flash drives started getting cheaper, USB started getting more popular, and floppies were mostly replaced, but DVDs were still very common). Many mid 00s cases still had a 3.5in bay that came populated with a multi-card reader from the factory, however.
Alive_Worth_2032@reddit
80s case designs still used into the 90s. Similar design were along a lot earlier than the 90s. The one thing I'm not sure about is if they started putting turbo displays on them that early. The turbo button was around forever however.
katt2002@reddit
But early PC cases were all "horizontal" right below your monitor.
Alive_Worth_2032@reddit
Some, larger more work station oriented vertical cases were around in the 80s.
hackenclaw@reddit
1 is okay, but 3 is kinda fake.
katt2002@reddit
Best is 2 because of "diskcopy" :]
QuiteFatty@reddit
One to load your OS, two to disk copy.
IAAA@reddit
One needs to be just the cover and have it be slightly tilted, kind of loose in the fitting, and discolored less than the others. Make it look as if someone has put multiple drives through there and finally just got around to digging out the cover to make sure there's no gaping hole.
Yes, my knees hurt. Why do you ask?
Tasty-Traffic-680@reddit
Exactly. Also needs a cartridge/caddy CD rom drive.
smithbird@reddit
I've been looking for a new case, and this might be it
MagnetoManectric@reddit
Oh hell yeah, this is the one I've been waiting for. Amazing its taken this long for some one to make a throwback-style tower case, quite frankly!
kristupasmozeris53@reddit
Super cool, gonna need me one of these.
Jeep-Eep@reddit
Honestly, that 5.25/3.5/2.5 agnostic bay system for this line would be killer in a modern style case - as would be that panel tbh.
Zeraora807@reddit
I been wanted an FLP01 since they "launched" but are still unavailable where I am
Although this one is nice, hoping that those false 5.25" drive bays are functional so we can put actual drives there
communist_monkey@reddit
they are :)
Kon3v@reddit
Getting one, Got some old hardware floating around to throw in the slots and having a bay for a card reader would be nice again. Will suit the 1950s style motorbike in the garage quite nicely.
BbyJ39@reddit
It’s cool. Price of $220 is stupid.
ehutch79@reddit
Apparently that price is after tariffs
VenditatioDelendaEst@reddit
Small market makes it well justified, especially if they used historically accurate 1.2mm SECC steel.
Flimsy_Swordfish_415@reddit
indeed. 220 sounds waaaay too expensive for plastic case
SchroedingersGoalie@reddit
Silverstone are pretty expensive for cases, but seem to have a really good reputation. But it seems like they focus on more niche markets that are willing to pay a little more for non-standard options. I have one of their cases for a htpc build and it is great. It's not like they are competing with Lian Li, Corsair, Phantex or other mainstream case designers.
jedrider@reddit
The future beckons, not the past.
VenditatioDelendaEst@reddit
The future is phones and laptops.
bizude@reddit (OP)
Everything changes
But history has a habit of repeating itself
Lardzor@reddit
The keyboard lock is a nice touch.
Infinite_Banana6489@reddit
It's a power button lock, Alot of 90's PC cases had a physical key lock that disabled the power button to "lock out" use of the PC for security, sometimes the same key was also needed to open the case cover as well.
Lardzor@reddit
From about 1984 through the mid-to-late '90s, many modular PC computer cases included a small tubular pin-tumbler lock on the front panel. It was usually located near the Turbo and Reset buttons. When engaged (and if wired properly---PC builders sometimes skipped this step), these locks would prevent the keyboard from being used. You could type all you wanted, but the PC wouldn't listen. On some systems, this key switch also prevented a PC from booting when it was locked, resulting in a "302-System Unit Keylock is Locked" error.
CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL@reddit
I lived through these color computer towers and have no desire to go back, but maybe zoomers will be in to it
evlo2@reddit
wtf is zoomer?
lusuroculadestec@reddit
It slang for referring to Gen-Z.
Strazdas1@reddit
it will be used for the "gotcha" sleeper builds.
BigOlBearCanada@reddit
Day 1 purchase for me. Amazing.
SatisfyingDegauss@reddit
Needs a black version. Beige looks out of place as modern monitors dont have a thick beige bezel unless this is meant to have modern pc parts with a crt.
bizude@reddit (OP)
That would be great, especially if it had a functioning slot for a 5.25" floppy or DVD-drive!
KosherBeefCake@reddit
Fake floppy drives kind of take away from the look, personally.
shadowtheimpure@reddit
They're just stylized drive blanks, really. Most folks who would buy a case like this likely have a use in mind for those 5 1/4 inch bays.
WisdomInTheShadows@reddit
Exactly! 3 minutes into the LTT video on this and I was already convinced it will be my next pc case. I've been looking for something premium and visually unique that also has 5.25 bays for my bluray drives. All the current modern cases have given up on those of us that commit to owning physical copies of our media.
shadowtheimpure@reddit
I have a blu-ray in one bay and a 3.5/2.5" SATA hotswap bay in the other (it has two bays, one of each size).
recumbent_mike@reddit
I think I remember seeing these in the 90s (a gimmick then, too, but still). I'm ok with it.
evlo2@reddit
It would make more sense with just classical block off plate then fake 5.25" drives, shameful, but maybe they will include that option in actual product
BrideOfAutobahn@reddit
I hope they include or sell matching optical drive bezels. A black optical drive would ruin the look of the case. Some older odd-colored cases would include them to keep things looking good.
WisdomInTheShadows@reddit
It would be very era accurate to have two or three different colored 5.25 bays because you bought the installed units at different times, sometimes years apart, and installed them as upgrade. Sure, some cases had covers you could snap on, but you usually just ignored those unless they were the fancy air gapped ones that folded down when the drive behind it opened.
JimmyMacman@reddit
If you wanna se who build it
https://youtu.be/hKvyQqI0oyE?si=4xarvu9frwvayh62
Homerlncognito@reddit
PCWorld has a nice vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Kmo8RPrmo
surf_greatriver_v4@reddit
Isn't it just a SST-GD09B but in beige? That design is easily a decade old now
WannabeRedneck4@reddit
I have an older variant of the ibm keyboard, weird to see one in the wild. People just think about the model m but there's that one too. It's rubber domes but it's still great somehow.
Plantemanden@reddit
PSU at the bottom?? Blasphemy!
Jeep-Eep@reddit
A bit gimmicky, but not light on the utility. I approve.
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