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Nostalgia meets modern-day design with plenty of cooling chops thrown into the mix, the Silverstone FLP02 almost has it all. It's all the modern convenience you'd ever need for any sleeper build, with no modding or repair work required. Just try not to wince at the price.
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This might be the most interesting case I've reviewed in the past 11 years. It's not particularly revolutionary by modern standards, nor is it the most cost-effective chassis on the market, but what it does do is tap into this deep-seated nostalgia that I know a lot of us have for PC gaming and the early internet of the 90s and noughties.
The Silverstone FLP02 is unabashedly riffing on that very ethos. It's a bold mix of modern case design hidden away inside a beige chassis aesthetic that's more at home two decades prior than today in our AI-filled, glass-panelled cuboid epoch, that's for sure.
The concept of sleeper builds has been around for a fair few years now. It's nothing new, but if you're on the hunt for a beige chassis like this from the golden era, you're typically looking at eBay and the likes for something second hand, and at a minimum that's going to set you back a good $100-200 at least and come complete with probably a full refurb and a crap load of modding needed to get it compatible with today's hardware, without all the mod-cons we've come to know and love.
What Silverstone has done, is basically industrialize that market desire. And, if I'm honest, it's a bloody smart play because this thing is dripping in sex appeal for me. Is that weird? Probably. I'm not saying it's the best PC case of all time, but it's arguably the coolest case I've had the pleasure of reviewing in the last decade, that's for sure.
Form factor: Mid-towerDimensions: 23.2 x 49.4 x 47.2 cmMotherboard support: SSI-CEB, ATX, M-ATX, ITXExpansion slots: 7 horizontal + 2 VerticalFront IO: 1x Power Button, 1x Reset Button, Key-lock power, 1x Turbo buttonTotal fan support: 6Fan count: 2x 120mm FRONT 3x120mm or 2x160/140mm TOP, 1x140/120mm REARRadiator support: Up to 360mm TOPGraphics card support: 386 mm lengthStorage: 4x 2.5-inch; 4x 3.5-inch; 3x 5.25-inchPSU support: ATXWeight: 9.79 kgPrice: $230/£220
There's no nonsense here, no panel modding or cutting required. This isn't just Silverstone pulling a budget item out of their back catalog and chucking it through the foundries again, no sir. There's more to the FLP02 than that. A quick glance on first unboxing reveals that.
Look inside, and you'll spot a remarkably spacious interior with a full PSU cover, support for E-ATX motherboards, full-sized graphics cards, vertical GPUs. There's an anti-sag bracket built in, a fan controller, multiple 2.5-inch SSD enclosures, 3.5-inch enclosures, and amazingly even 5.25-inch enclosures for if you want to crack out the old CD and floppy drives.
Jump around the back behind the motherboard tray, and you'll find even more enclosures, along with plenty of cable management passthroughs complete with rubber grommets, and it's all fairly modular too, with thumb screws and standard Phillips heads securing most of the good stuff in place.
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The front is where things get really interesting, though. You won't miss the massive power panel slap right bang in the middle. It's sickeningly cool, with a number display for fan-speed control percentage, a flippy power switch, reset button, turbo mode for the fan controller, and even a key-lock to disable power with the accompanying tiny LED lights as well. It's completely glossy and fits in with the aesthetic beautifully, although I am worried I'll lose the two included keys, accidentally locking myself out of my own rig.
Above that you've got quick lat...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
What do you think about this?
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This might be the most interesting case I've reviewed in the past 11 years. It's not particularly revolutionary by modern standards, nor is it the most cost-effective chassis on the market, but what it does do is tap into this deep-seated nostalgia that I know a lot of us have for PC gaming and the early internet of the 90s and noughties.
The Silverstone FLP02 is unabashedly riffing on that very ethos. It's a bold mix of modern case design hidden away inside a beige chassis aesthetic that's more at home two decades prior than today in our AI-filled, glass-panelled cuboid epoch, that's for sure.
The concept of sleeper builds has been around for a fair few years now. It's nothing new, but if you're on the hunt for a beige chassis like this from the golden era, you're typically looking at eBay and the likes for something second hand, and at a minimum that's going to set you back a good $100-200 at least and come complete with probably a full refurb and a crap load of modding needed to get it compatible with today's hardware, without all the mod-cons we've come to know and love.
What Silverstone has done, is basically industrialize that market desire. And, if I'm honest, it's a bloody smart play because this thing is dripping in sex appeal for me. Is that weird? Probably. I'm not saying it's the best PC case of all time, but it's arguably the coolest case I've had the pleasure of reviewing in the last decade, that's for sure.
Form factor: Mid-towerDimensions: 23.2 x 49.4 x 47.2 cmMotherboard support: SSI-CEB, ATX, M-ATX, ITXExpansion slots: 7 horizontal + 2 VerticalFront IO: 1x Power Button, 1x Reset Button, Key-lock power, 1x Turbo buttonTotal fan support: 6Fan count: 2x 120mm FRONT 3x120mm or 2x160/140mm TOP, 1x140/120mm REARRadiator support: Up to 360mm TOPGraphics card support: 386 mm lengthStorage: 4x 2.5-inch; 4x 3.5-inch; 3x 5.25-inchPSU support: ATXWeight: 9.79 kgPrice: $230/£220
There's no nonsense here, no panel modding or cutting required. This isn't just Silverstone pulling a budget item out of their back catalog and chucking it through the foundries again, no sir. There's more to the FLP02 than that. A quick glance on first unboxing reveals that.
Look inside, and you'll spot a remarkably spacious interior with a full PSU cover, support for E-ATX motherboards, full-sized graphics cards, vertical GPUs. There's an anti-sag bracket built in, a fan controller, multiple 2.5-inch SSD enclosures, 3.5-inch enclosures, and amazingly even 5.25-inch enclosures for if you want to crack out the old CD and floppy drives.
Jump around the back behind the motherboard tray, and you'll find even more enclosures, along with plenty of cable management passthroughs complete with rubber grommets, and it's all fairly modular too, with thumb screws and standard Phillips heads securing most of the good stuff in place.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
The front is where things get really interesting, though. You won't miss the massive power panel slap right bang in the middle. It's sickeningly cool, with a number display for fan-speed control percentage, a flippy power switch, reset button, turbo mode for the fan controller, and even a key-lock to disable power with the accompanying tiny LED lights as well. It's completely glossy and fits in with the aesthetic beautifully, although I am worried I'll lose the two included keys, accidentally locking myself out of my own rig.
Above that you've got quick lat...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
What do you think about this?