SilverStone has taken attendees to its EXPO 2025 in Japan by surprise with an early appearance of the unannounced FLP03. If you are a fan of these cases, cooling and power specialist’s prior tributes to 1980s era PC chassis, then you will be interested in this. It is another tower form factor design, but a little smaller, targeting Micro ATX builds. We have a full comparison below.
個人的に5インチベイのベゼルは、FLP02のFDDモドキよりFLP03のストライプタイプの方が好み。FLP02に標準で付属してたりしないんだろうか？#SilversoneJP pic.twitter.com/E5mHaCgzpnNovember 15, 2025
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Reports from various Japanese social media users and tech media indicate that SilverStone had held back availability of its FLP02 to coincide with Saturday’s event in Tokyo. So, it was quite a surprise to see the FLP03 on show, in the flesh, as part of the product exhibit.
In the top picture, you can see the SilverStone FLP02 next to the freshly revealed FLP03 (center). The new case is clearly smaller but retains many of the design cues of its stable mate – for better or worse. It even shares the front panel insert with Power, Lock (with keys), Reset and Turbo button / display.
Above you can see the size difference isn’t really substantial. The new FLP03 at 220 (W) x 456 (H) x 477 (D) is only markedly different in height. It isn’t really going to save much space on or under your desk. However, due to its reduced dimensions, the FLP03 can’t support SSI-CEB or ATX sized motherboards that the FLP02 can. Moreover, the new model has fewer expansion bays, fewer expansion slots, and has had a cooling / radiator rejig.
The FLP03 still offers decent max compatibility settings, though. Users can fit humungous GPUs up to 412mm in length, and CPU coolers up to 171mm tall, as well as standard ATX PSUs.
We’ve looked into foreign media coverage of the FLP03, but we haven’t seen the ‘why’ of this new product addressed. We guess that SilverStone will share its reasoning for this iterative update in subsequent events. There is such a rich heritage of beige PC designs which could have influenced the next in the series, we feel slightly disappointed… But perhaps we will learn more at CES 2026, and be convinced otherwise.
The SilverStone FLP03 is tipped for release not long after the CES. Some say it will be released in Feb or March next year.
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