thermaltake showcased yesterday this case which they claim has a retro look on itit comes equipped with a front panel 3.5" floppy drive look a like but it doesnt function its just for showyou can also swap the "drive" with a blank white slatethe two 5.25" installation slots can be fitted with 6" thermaltake TFT screen (it takes both 5.25" slots and thats why the screen is classed 6" instead of 5.25")screen is optional for extra pricethe case comes with blank white covers for 5.25 installation slotsthere is a big window in the case which takes away a bit from retro look since cases in 1999 didnt really have a window
Garbage for LARPing zoomer retards.
>>108999264haha. yeah. lol... what losers. I bet they want that case so they can pretend its 2003 again lol. not that they ever experienced it.
no old PC I ever owned looked anything like thisbut omg a heckin fake floppy drive cover
>>108999258>cases in 1999 didnt really have a windowmy PC from that era wasn't even a tower
>>108999258What a fucking stupid caseA fucking screen? Glass window?A fake floopy drive?So it's just a shitty modern case painted white with a fake floppy drive. meh
>>108999355pure white cases were also rare they usually had at least some grey or beige accents
Thermaltake is notorious for always plagiarizing the competition instead of coming up with their own shit. They saw the interest Silverstone's FLP02 got and half-assed something to ape their case, while completely missing the target audience. Silverstone's case genuinely looks retro and has proper 5.25" bays, Thermaltake's is whatever the fuck that's worse in every conceivable way.
>>108999370Not to mention they would turn into piss yellow under a year
The case doesn't have 5.25" bays. Those are fake too.
this looks like one of those cheap standard towers from the same factory sold by a dozen different companies with their own slight surface chances
bing bing wahoo soilennial case
>>108999392Yeah but thermaltake's version is like $70usd vs $250 for silverstone.I think both look like shit, so if someone's gonna get an ugly ass case, they might as well save $180 and get the thermaltake.
>>108999610why not just pick up an old pc from a garbage sale and drill some holes in to mount modern hardware in it?
>>108999622and not get updoots? wtf man. keep your opinions to yourself.
>>108999258I don't remember my early 2000s yellowed out garbage toshiba having a fucking LCD Display in the front.
>>108999258I think simple, beige boxes are long due a return but these larp cases with fake drives are complete cringe
>>108999264fpbp.I wish we'd actually go back to making beautiful tech instead of this "retro" slop. >>108999392 looks okay I guess (assuming the 7segs and the lock even do anything and aren't just full LARP) but I'm autistic so those fake plastic floppy drive slots piss me off so I'd never actually consider using one.
>>109001400Silverstone has a gay little demo on their product page.https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp02/The key locks the power/reset buttons, it has an integrated fan hub, the display shows fan speed, Turbo is a 100% fan speed toggle. And yeah the worst part about it are those fake floppy covers, the PS/2 style covers would look way way better.
To add insult to injury, they introduced non-retarded covers on their upcoming FLP03 they've showcased this week, but this is a microATX variant. Picrel has the retro plastic cover off to show the 180mm front fan. It's a cool concept to mix retro aesthetics with modern internal design.
>>108999258>retro look>giant LCD screenBuy an ad
>>108999258This doesn't look that bad desu
>>109001400More IBM kino
>>109001676Okay, this design actually fucks kinda hard. I may seriously consider it over the Lian Li A3 for my next build if it isn't terribly more expensive.
>>109002612>laughed like a kid seeing a firetruck when I saw your imagewhy do I like this shit so much? is it autism? old hardware makes me so happy bros
>>108999258>there is a big window in the case which takes away a bit from retro look since cases in 1999 didnt really have a windowyeah also probably the not one but two gay ipads on it, that gives it away too
>>109002691I have an flp02 and I can say that the silverstone cases do infact function.
>>108999258>it comes equipped with a front panel 3.5" floppy drive look a like but it doesnt function its just for showautism. also white = retro is false, many retro computers were colorful.
Why is /g/ against fake retro and larping / genuinely "going back" especially when current stuff suck? Not just for the case in OP's pic (which does suck) but in general. Silverstone looks good and that + a 4:3 monitor + Linux KDE with Windows 9x theme would be pure soul.
>>109001400>>109002612Those where tens of thousands in 2026 dollars so it was not a problem to drop a cool million to some renowned industrial designer to make kino cases.Whole ps/2 line including the M keyboard was designed by Richard Sapper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper
>>108999258Not gonna lie I wouldn’t mind a beige pc case.I’m also born in 1999 so it would take me back to the best months of my life where I could diaper shit and scream and cry and wouldn’t get in trouble for it.So what are some other beige retro looking pc cases?Preferably where the case is full tower and has see through plastic so I can see the dust build up.
>>108999258The biggest fucking cringe is the fake floppy drive port. Just leave it blank or give options for something else. Literally ruins the entire case.
>>109005332>The biggest fucking cringe is the fake floppy drive port.Many cases back in the 90s had those fake floppies but yeah it was cringe even back then.
>>109002691Yeah, this is fine. They just need to stop putting stupid fake floppy drives and make beige 90's inspired designs with modern functionality like this. I'd much prefer a rocker power switch like that instead of a push button one.
>>109005373>Many cases back in the 90s had those fake floppieI never once saw a case in the 90's with a fake floppy drive and I don't believe you have either.
>>109005391>I never once saw a case in the 90's with a fake floppy drive and I don't believe you have either.Mine had fake floppy. It was this exact model.Specs where 486sx20, 8mb ram, 130mb seagate hdd, tvga8900 1mb. Overclocked it to 25mhz with crystal swap.
>>109005406Good for you faggot. Didn't fix it then and the cringelords haven't fixed it now.
>>109005332my guess is the case is like the flp02 and its lust a altered version of a case they're already manufacturing.does anybody know if the flp03 is based off an existing silverstone case like the flp02 or flp01?
>>108999258Retroslop case>Glass window>RGB Rainbow Fan>LCD on front or a Fake 5.25" drivewater-cooling is gay as well
>>108999258I do not remember PCs of the 80s and 90s having giant ass full color LCD monitors on their front and an aquarium level window on the side."""""""retro""""""" my ass. Fuck this faggotry.
>>108999392This, Silverstone did it better. By far the best attempt at a classic style PC case with good features too
>>108999610That's chump change for something that can last over a decade, besides, it's closer to $230 here
>>108999258>retro>thatAbsolute disgrace
