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SilverStone’s new FLP01 PC case looks it was created in a time when desktop computers had turbo buttons and bragging rights were earned by having a Pentium chip inside. In reality, the retro beige box is launching next year for all your modern PC-building needs, doubling as a stand for a monitor that’s probably not a 30-pound CRT.
Over a year later, at an expo held by the company in Japan last week, SilverStone announced that the FLP01 case was more than just a prank and was actually being put into production. Shipping is expected to start as early as the first quarter of 2025, according to Impress, with pricing targeted at ¥19,800, or around $130.
The FLP01’s design is inspired by the NEC PC-9800 line of desktop PCs which were popular in Japan from the ‘80s to the early ‘00s. The 5.25-inch floppy drives on its front facade are sadly fake, but they flip down to reveal a DVD drive as well front-facing ports including a headphone jack, USB-A, and USB-C.
The box SilverStone had on display at its expo was configured with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU on a full-sized ATX motherboard with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GPU and three cooling fans, according to Tom’s Hardware. All it’s missing is a tiny pair of matching desktop speakers that start to click every time your cellphone rings.
SilverStone’s new FLP01 PC case looks it was created in a time when desktop computers had turbo buttons and bragging rights were earned by having a Pentium chip inside. In reality, the retro beige box is launching next year for all your modern PC-building needs, doubling as a stand for…
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