SilverStone's Retro Beige PC Case Turns April Fools' Joke into Actual Product (techspot.com) 33
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The SilverStone FLP01 made quite the impression when it was shared on X for April Fools' Day 2023. Loosely modeled after popular desktops from yesteryear like the NEC PC-9800 series, the chassis features dual 5.25-inch faux floppy bays that could stand to look a bit more realistic. Notably, the covers flip open to reveal access to a more modern (yet still legacy) optical drive and front I/O ports.
Modern-looking fan grills can be found on either side of the desktop, serving as yet another hint that the chassis is not as old at it appears on first glance. The grills look to be removable, and probably hold washable dust filters. Like early desktops, the system doubles as a stand for your monitor. The use of a green power LED up front helps round out the retro look; a red LED is used as a storage activity indicator.
Modern-looking fan grills can be found on either side of the desktop, serving as yet another hint that the chassis is not as old at it appears on first glance. The grills look to be removable, and probably hold washable dust filters. Like early desktops, the system doubles as a stand for your monitor. The use of a green power LED up front helps round out the retro look; a red LED is used as a storage activity indicator.
Am I the only one who won't click on links to X? (Score:1, Troll)
Can we refrain from using X for stories?
(For those living under a rock, it's a NAZI site like Truth Social)
Re:Am I the only one who won't click on links to X (Score:5, Informative)
Just visit the site with adblocking on like I do, that way they don't profit from it and you'll be helping to turn Elon's money into waste heat.
Re:Am I the only one who won't click on links to X (Score:5, Interesting)
I turn on ad blocking and I get:
"Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com"
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I use Firefox, Strict Mode, and AdBlock Plus and had no problem reaching the page.
Re:Am I the only one who won't click on links to X (Score:4, Insightful)
You need to use a "real" ad blocker, like UBlock Origin. I get that error message and it totally pisses me off, because they know damn well that "strict mode" has nothing to do with the site not working.
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they know damn well that "strict mode"
"Strict mode" blocks tracking cookies and the like. Some sites (and I suspect that X is one) attempt to put up ads, along with their third party cookies. And if the ad servers can't complete the transaction (including the cookies), the primary site doesn't receive positive acknowledgement. Which it flags as a delivery error.
I don't really mind the ads as such. But you don't get to track me until I have made a decision to business with them (clicked on the ad).
Re:Am I the only one who won't click on links to X (Score:4, Insightful)
Adblocking is great there. It means you can use up X resources without any ad revenue going to Leon.
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Just visit the site with adblocking on like I do, that way they don't profit from it and you'll be helping to turn Elon's money into waste heat.
Actually you're contributing to the engagement figures regardless of whether you view an ad or not. Good ol' Elon will then hold you up to his investors to show that the platform isn't dying and they'll inject more money into the cesspool.
You're not punishing anyone visiting X with an adblocker. Quite the opposite.
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You mean the people openly flying the Nazi flag on the site aren't Nazis?
Well, then me shooting you in the head doesn't mean I'm a killer or murderer. Let's get to it, shall we?
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Re: Am I the only one who won't click on links to (Score:1)
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Can we refrain from using X for stories?
(For those living under a rock, it's a NAZI site like Truth Social)
I think you don't understand what "Nazi" means.
We need more horizontal cases (Score:4, Insightful)
The case looks to be an updated Silverstone GD09 in beige instead of black. I wonder if they'll sell replacement faces.
I got a Silverstone GD09 for two reasons: one, because it takes a full sized ATX motherboard, and two, it's a rare horizontally sitting case. As a bonus, it fits perfectly in a rackmount case on a shelf. The fans mean my old AMD Bulldozer system stays cool, even when running all eight cores at 100%.
Love to see it :)
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I wish it had more 5.25" bays, and they were proper bays. They are very useful for NAS use because you can get hot-plug enclosures for 3.5" and 2.5" drives, and for NVMe SSDs. You can also fit tape drives and optical drives which are useful for backup.
Unfortunately all NAS cases have their own special hot-plug bays that are almost always exclusively for 3.5" drives. Right now we are migrating from 3.5" HDDs to 2.5" SSD to NVMe SSDs, so the flexibility would be very welcome.
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I note that you specified full ATX, but since you mentioned horizontal cases and airflow I want to mention the Thermaltake Core V21 here. That's what I'm using now because I too wanted a horizontal motherboard mount (GPUs are heavy now) and airflow. This case is big enough to take multiple liquid coolers and has a bunch of magnetic dust screens. It has no accessible drive bays, though, which might bother some people. I believe you can also order it either with a window side or another mesh side.
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Re:Cable routing (Score:5, Interesting)
As someone that's built several PCs with the GD09 this retro case is based on, it's one of the best airflow cases on the market and has gobs and gobs of room to route the cables all the way up against the front of the case with good places to cable-tie them in place across the front framework, and 100% of the airflow is to the sides by default. It supports either 'positive pressure' case with flow out the top/rear, or cross-flow towards either side which I usually prefer.
It's not a case with glass panels to see the insides, it's a case to setup once in a clean way internally then just use the computer for years after in comfort, with only having to occasionally take the fan filter panels off to dust them off and clip them back in place.
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As someone that's built several PCs with the GD09 this retro case is based on, it's one of the best airflow cases on the market and has gobs and gobs of room to route the cables all the way up against the front of the case with good places to cable-tie them in place across the front framework, and 100% of the airflow is to the sides by default. It supports either 'positive pressure' case with flow out the top/rear, or cross-flow towards either side which I usually prefer.
This is absurd as anyone can tell just by looking at the pictures. There is obviously not gobs of room and air should flow in a single direction moving the highest volume of air with least static pressure. This case isn't physically big enough to be "one of best airflow cases on the market". It needlessly sacrifices the entire front panel for aesthetic reasons and PSU and GPU locations ensure single direction movement of air is impossible.
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I looked at the pictures and the case is effectively a giant sideways wind tunnel. I don't know what case you're looking at, but it's not the one from TFA. Please get a clue. The case is an excellent thermal performer - you're more than welcome to go read reviews rather than just talking out of your arse at any time. You have this power.
Disappointing. (Score:3)
There's no "TURBO" button! What's even the point of living without a turbo button? /s
Realistically speaking, it wouldn't take much to actually make such a button functional as an overclocking mechanism.
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The 'reset' button is recessed on the left, there's nothing stopping you from plugging that into a GPIO or other header on your system instead to do exactly that. :D
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Faux floppy bays (Score:3)
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How will I remotely reboot servers without carefully-aligned cup holder trays...
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If the front bay pushbuttons don't extend the cup holders, the thing seems pointless.
The cupholders are fake.
\o/ (Score:2)
Someone should post an April Fool's joke about retro non-corrupt political system and see if there's traction.
Looks like a retool... (Score:2)
of their existing HTPC cases. Kinda cool I guess.