Every thing previous is new once more, at the very least should you’re a fan of the beige field PCs of yesteryear. In case you are, you then’ll be happy to study that the Silverstone FLP01 PC case is already beginning to seem in shops within the U.S. and Japan, prepared in your subsequent retro gaming PC construct. Nevertheless, preliminary inventory seems to be restricted, at the very least in the meanwhile.
Horizontal, beige PC instances like this Silverstone design haven’t been seen in the very best gaming PCs for many years, and we’re not anticipating an enormous resurgence with this launch. That mentioned, for players of a sure classic, there’s a appeal to constructing a top-spec PC in a case like this one. It throws into the trash the trendy aesthetics and RGB present in many of the newest finest PC instances, as an alternative choosing a way more conventional design.
As to when you will get maintain of this new case, in keeping with a report by Japanese web site Akiba PC Hotline that was shared in a publish on X (previously Twitter), the Silverstone FLP01 might be launched to the general public in Japan on February 28, with at the very least one Japanese retailer taking pre-orders from February 21.
Priced at 21,780 yen, this converts to round $145, which is simply over $15 greater than the preliminary $129.99 MSRP confirmed by Silverstone when it introduced the case. We’re additionally seeing some inventory already seem on the market at some native U.S. retailers, together with this retailer with shops within the San Francisco Bay Space, priced at $139.99.
That’s additionally the worth talked about in a remark added to a current Linus Tech Ideas video (by way of it’s Brief Circuit channel), suggesting that the MSRP worth has been elevated to $139.99 to cowl potential U.S. tariff prices.
Inventory listings for the Silverstone FLP01 are additionally showing in different nations, together with at CCL Computer systems within the UK and Scorptec in Australia, and though it isn’t but on sale at these retailers, you’ll be able to register your curiosity. In keeping with a dialogue publish on Reddit, a Redditor claims that Silverstone knowledgeable them that FLP01 inventory is predicted to turn out to be extra broadly out there “any day now,” at the very least in america, though the preliminary inventory might be restricted.
The primary Silverstone FLP01 prototype, constructed following an April idiot’s joke on X in 2024, was showcased at a Japanese expo again in November 2024. With the identical design and specs because the prototype, this retro Silverstone case is sufficiently big to suit an ATX motherboard, a CPU cooler with a most top of 136mm, and enlargement playing cards (i.e. a graphics card) of as much as 309 x 133mm. That’s comparatively compact however nonetheless leaves loads of room for top-spec {hardware}.
The case follows most of the design points you’d see from a PC from the Nineteen Nineties. There are two pretend 5.25-inch floppy drive bay panels, with the highest panel hiding house for an optical drive. The decrease bay, in the meantime, hides your I/O, with two USB-A ports, a USB-C port, and a headphone jack included. Contained in the case, you’ve obtained house for a number of laborious drives and SSDs, with Silverstone throwing in a single 120mm fan for cooling.
I have to admit, I’m a giant fan of this design. It isn’t for everybody, but it surely’s a giant name again to the PCs that I grew up with as a child within the Nineteen Nineties. Most players aren’t going to decide on it for his or her subsequent gaming PC construct, however I can already think about a number of the spectacular specs that some builders will need to jam right into a case like this one.
Silverstone is a model you’ll usually see at greater retailers like Amazon and Newgg, so optimistically, we’ll begin to see this Silverstone case seem on these websites quickly. In the event you’re abruptly impressed to construct a brand new gaming rig, be sure to take a look at our the right way to construct a gaming PC information, with step-by-step directions from selecting your elements to putting in Home windows.
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