At Comptex 2025, it seemed that anyone that did not heavily integrate the term “AI” into their exhibit got outcast to the 4th floor of TAINEX 2, as opposed to being able to stay in TAINEX 1 where we’re used to finding everyone that we care to see with our trips to Computex. I started my first day on the 4th floor of TAINEX 2 for the first day of Computex, and as I was making my rounds there was a certain filming commotion by someone more famous than yours truly going on at the SilverStone booth. I took a lap while waiting for it to dissipate, then another lap, then another few laps, until what seemed like a few hours later, I could see what SilverStone brought to show us.
Once the path was cleared, we were able to take a look at what all the commotion was about: The SilverStone FLP02 case. While we have no idea what FLP stands for, the case is everything that we remember from our 486-DX2 builds from yesteryear, complete with a turbo button to kick in that VTEC yo. I don’t know about you, but I always left turbo mode engaged because why not. However, SilverStone has improved upon the case from a cooling perspective as well as ease of working in it perspective that allows a case design that is aging on the outside to handle modern components with higher needs.
Speaking of upgrades, there’s been a good bit of work going into this chassis to improve the cooling solution to accommodate current day computing kit. We got into a lengthy discussion about the front corners of the case and whether they too needed to allow air to pass through at the expense of it getting filtered before entering the case. It’ll be interesting to see how that lands, but we’re expecting those corners to be covered to make sure all intake air runs through the filter.
Per SilverStone, the goal is to have this on market by the end of Q3 2025 even though what was shown here is still in the prototype phase of development.
SilverStone spared no expense (probably shopping on eBay) to accessorize the FLP02’s display, complete with an IBM Model 2 keyboard and an A4 ball mouse. Of note, I once had an A4 ball mouse (with a scroll wheel) that got me through high school and college. Kids these days have no idea what a “ball mouse” is. Tsk Tsk.
Next up, we have the IceMyst 360 PRO (also, 240 PRO, 280 PRO and 480 PRO) that is being shown off at SilverStone’s booth. The IceMyst PRO series claim to fame is a re-engineered pump design that doubles the overall flow rate through the waterblock, which should lead to increased performance – moreso than the original IceMyst AIO that we previously reviewed. Additionally, support for the sTR5 socket has been added so you can also leverage its capabilities to cool a Threadripper. Of course, the additional fans as noted in our review of the original are fully compatible with this new PRO version of the IceMyst.