SilverStone announces global launch of its nostalgic case, the FLP01

SilverStone’s retro case, which was first announced as a joke, will now be a global launch product. Called FLP01, the nostalgic case gained an official debut as a finished product first in Japan in November last year. Now, the manufacturer has decided to make its new old case available in the rest of the world as well.

The great highlight of the FLP01 is that it resembles the old cases of the first home computers. In white color and horizontal format, it even has fake covers on the front that look like floppy disk drives. Behind these covers appear the current computer’s USB connections and disk drive.

While the FLP01 looks old on the outside, SilverStone has implemented modern design solutions, particularly for its cooling. It already comes equipped with a fan system with positive pressure ventilation that the manufacturer says is “its trademark”. Additionally, it supports ATX, micro-ATX, mini-ITX, and SSI-CEB motherboards, as well as GPUs up to 309mm long.

The cooler can be up to 138mm tall and the power supply can be up to 170mm. The SilverStone FLP01 measures 440 x 170 x 362mm, for a total volume of 27.08L.

SilverStone maintains price on global launch of FLP01

SilverStone’s new retro case is promised for Japan in the first quarter of this year for ¥19,800. Now, for its global launch, the FLP01’s suggested retail price is US$129.99.

Converting from yen to dollars we can see that the manufacturer basically maintained the same price for the product on the global market. Moving from the dollar to the real, at the current exchange rate, the value is equivalent to approximately R$771.

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The manufacturer, however, has not yet offered an exact availability date for its retro case. The official website has more details about the product and will probably be updated soon with the official launch date.