WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.319 Wow, that's beautiful. And whoa, that 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:10.400 was weird. It's not often I step through a time portal on the Computex show 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:16.640 floor, but it sure is cool when I do. Meet the Silverstone 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:19.119 FLPO2, a followup to their April Fool's 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:24.080 joke that became a real product and evidently one that was so successful 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:28.640 they felt it needed a sequel. And I got to say, if the goal of a sequel is like 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:31.920 the first one but better, man, have they ever nailed it here. It has a more 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:35.760 thoughtful design with respect to cooling and some really incredible 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:41.840 touches. Check this out, you guys. It has a turbo button that ramps your fan 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.559 speeds up to 100% when you press it and 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:48.960 a lock that disables the power button so that your pesky kids won't get on the 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:53.360 computer when they're not supposed to. Floppy disc style bay covers and 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:58.640 stealthy IO are nice touches. But what I really have to know is whose stroke of 00:00:55.680 --> 00:01:02.320 genius was the mismatched color on that front fan controller. I mean, we can 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.240 always make the adjustments for production to solve for sample. What? 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.840 No, no, no. It's great. I assumed it was on purpose. What do you mean? The 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:14.720 mismatched color. That's on purpose, right? Whose idea was that? 00:01:12.880 --> 00:01:18.400 Oh, engineer. That's awesome. See, this adds a touch 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:24.159 of authenticity that most companies would miss because everything was Beij. 00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:28.479 Nobody could settle on one beige. Hey, we're all different. It's even got a 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:32.560 period accurate dome sticker. But don't let its aesthetic fool you. Silverstone 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:36.960 says this is every bit as capable of handling high-end hardware as other 00:01:34.479 --> 00:01:40.880 modern cases. And are so confident that they're going to allow me to build in it 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:46.960 right here on the show floor, even though it's uh still kind of prototypy 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.079 in some ways. What could go wrong? Well, 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:54.280 I can tell you something that went wrong. They have insulted my honor for 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:56.399 the last time, Tony, by putting a nonLT 00:01:54.280 --> 00:02:02.920 screwdriver in front of this computer. Fi on your 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:04.880 screwdriver. Fi, I say. I brought my 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:08.080 own. Although, I might need this depending on how they did the IO layout. 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.200 So, I'll keep it in my back pocket just in case. Right out of the gate, I'm 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:16.160 appreciating the modern creature comforts. Captive thumb screws on the 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:20.319 side panel. Support for up to a 140 mm radiator in the back. Look at this. They 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:26.239 even got support for a vertical GPU mount. Oo, with an anti-ag brace. You'll 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.200 love to see it. We won't need this boy for now. So, we'll just go ahead and 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:32.480 slide it a little bit out of the way. Let's go get our motherboard. Oddball 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:39.519 configuration for this one. We've gone with a Core Ultra 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:43.680 9285K and a Radeon 9070 XT. I guess it's 00:02:39.519 --> 00:02:45.840 a throwback to when Intel gaming CPU and 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:51.840 uh ATI Radeon graphics would have been the go-to. Trying to do the math here. I 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.959 think this RAM at 48 gigs is eight times 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:57.519 the capacity of the hard drive that my 00:02:54.959 --> 00:03:00.400 family owned when our computer had a lock on the front of it like this. Now, 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:06.720 normally at this point, I'd love to put my cooler on and then throw the whole assembly into the case, but Silverstone 00:03:03.920 --> 00:03:09.920 has gone and provided my arch nemesis, the AIO water cooler. So, I'm going to 00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:13.920 throw that in the case first. Silverstone's been debating me off 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:19.120 camera about my installation method for the AIO. They tell me, "Linus, it would 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:22.319 be easier if you installed the fans on the radiator and then just screwed the 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:25.760 radiator into the top." I go, "Look, I know, but I don't like demoing that 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:30.400 installation method because it's so much harder to clean." This way, pulling air 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:34.280 through the radiator, all the dust just sticks on the fins and you just go and 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:38.879 then it comes off. To which they countered, well, if your case had proper 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:45.200 dust filtration, then that wouldn't really be a concern. And we do. And then 00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:50.239 I was like, "Okay, fine. I am installing it the way that I don't prefer 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:54.400 illustratively, but if you don't have perfect dust filtration, I do strongly 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:57.760 recommend that you have the fans pull the air through the radiator just to 00:03:56.239 --> 00:04:01.439 make it a little bit easier to clean. You happy? I'll do it your way. I'll do 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:05.439 it your way. Oh, that's a nice touch. Maneuvering the 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:11.360 radiator in here is a little bit tricky with all those 5 and 1/4 in bays in the 00:04:08.239 --> 00:04:13.599 way, but once it's in there, boom, no 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:18.000 problem. It supports either a triple 120 or a dual 140 mm rad in the top. Man, 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:22.079 you wouldn't believe what I would have given for cable management like this 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:26.720 back in those days. Room behind the motherboard tray, little grommets to 00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:32.000 hide everything. Awesome. All right, let's get this board in here. Oh, nice. 00:04:29.440 --> 00:04:35.040 Silverstone's got that helpful little uh standoff with the lip that you can just 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:38.880 rest the motherboard in there if you're a crazy person like me and you build 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:42.639 your systems upright. Most people would probably just use it to have it in the 00:04:40.880 --> 00:04:46.240 right position when it's lying flat, but I'm usually building for camera. So, now 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:51.520 we've got another modern creature comfort that I don't know how I lived 00:04:48.840 --> 00:04:56.720 without CPU cooler cut out in the motherboard tray. Seriously, if I had a 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:00.080 dollar for every time I had built a computer back in the day and realized, 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:03.680 "Oh crap, I have to take the motherboard out so I can put the back plate on my 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:08.400 CPU cooler," I wouldn't have to do this job. I could just live on that. Andy, we 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:13.680 might have to take it out anyway. There's a peel. I missed a peel. Left it 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:18.720 in there. I missed a peel. No, it has to come out. It's not coming out. Gave up. 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:24.720 Since we're back here, it's a perfect time to talk about how we're going to route all of our cooling cables. See, I 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:30.160 could run this to the CPU header on the motherboard like normal, but then I 00:05:27.440 --> 00:05:34.240 couldn't use my turbo button. So, let's have a look at the built-in fan 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:39.520 controller in that front 5 and 1/4 in module. Got SATA power coming in here, 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:45.360 support for up to eight connected fans, and oh, this is cool, PWM control off 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:50.080 the motherboard. So, I can just throw this header over to the CPU header, and 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:56.479 that way my CPU temps will control all my system fans regardless, unless I hit 00:05:53.039 --> 00:05:58.080 the turbo button. This is looking like a 00:05:56.479 --> 00:06:01.600 nice little build. It's coming together, hey, they just told me they're leaving 00:05:59.919 --> 00:06:05.280 this assembled for the rest of the show. So, uh, to avoid any embarrassment, I'm 00:06:03.919 --> 00:06:11.160 putting in the rest of the motherboard screws. Oh, I guess I probably could 00:06:07.440 --> 00:06:14.319 have put the SSD in a while ago. Oh my 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:17.400 goodness, look at this thing. 2 terb. 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:21.120 Got to be Gen 5. Oh yeah, 14 GB a 00:06:17.400 --> 00:06:23.120 second. Not that it matters, but hey, 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:27.360 you can. I guess the idea behind this was bringing back the sound of old 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:31.680 computers with their whiny little 40mm fans. I'm going to go ahead and make a 00:06:29.440 --> 00:06:37.080 choice here, boys. And uh I'm taking off this fan. Man, what a power supply they 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:46.000 picked for this Tybernetics Platinum 2500 watt. That is one hell of a power 00:06:41.520 --> 00:06:48.560 supply. The question is why? Oh yeah. 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:51.520 The answer is AI. Not going to lie, I'm feeling a lot more pressure about this 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:56.560 now that I know that this is one of their showcase PCs for the show. Oh my 00:06:53.919 --> 00:07:02.080 goodness, that is a fat unit of a power supply. Good thing this bottom 3 and 1/2 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:03.919 in bay can be removed to get at it slash 00:07:02.080 --> 00:07:07.039 just removed outright if you don't need a ton of hard drives. This thing 00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:11.440 supports a lot of hard drives though. Hey, four. And I guess you could get 5 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:15.840 and 1/4 in carriers for them too if you really wanted to. So that would be 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:20.080 eight. Hey, do you guys still make that triple 5 and 1/4 in bay to four three? 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:26.479 Yeah, we do. You guys never discontinue anything. Yeah, there's it's needed. 5 00:07:22.880 --> 00:07:28.800 and 1/4 in base exist. I mean kind of. 00:07:26.479 --> 00:07:33.680 Yeah. Okay. All right. I used to use that thing in my like system builder 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:37.680 builds back at NCIX when people wanted like multiple hard drives in RAID for 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.759 more performance. That was why it existed then. I have no idea why it 00:07:39.840 --> 00:07:45.919 exists now. Giving Silverstone some real-time feedback for their product 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:50.560 development. Uh the EPS connectors on this power supply are a little bit short 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:56.160 considering its length and how deep the connectors are on the power supply. And 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:58.560 then I was struck by the uh the contrast 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:02.160 between that and the world's longest HD audio cable. You guys will get the 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:05.440 length sorted out. You'll get the length sorted out. I did find one thing that 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:09.759 reminds me of old school cable management in a way that I don't love. 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:14.639 Whenever you run anything to the fan hub, it's right here. So, you're going 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:17.759 to you're going to see it. This is cute, though. a little accessory product that 00:08:16.479 --> 00:08:22.080 helps you plug your front panel connectors in as one block, but doesn't 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:26.840 interfere with having anything installed over top of them. Say for example, uh 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:30.400 GPU or other expansion card. All right. Uh 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:39.039 yes, quick update. By the way, I had originally planned to have my PWM hub 00:08:36.640 --> 00:08:42.159 operate off of the CPU fan header, but Silverstone says they've seen some 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:48.760 compatibility issues. So, we're going to go ahead and plug that into chassis 1. 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:51.279 Looking good. Well, almost good. Looking 00:08:48.760 --> 00:08:57.120 incomplete. Let me grab my GPU. The Radeon RX970 Steel Legend from ASRock 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:01.360 uses a blowth through cooler design that uh should work pretty well in this 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:05.519 chassis. We've got our intake fan down here. And it looks like there's actually 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:09.200 a spot where we could put an assist fan here that would help cool hard drives 00:09:07.040 --> 00:09:14.160 slash bring more fresh air up into our GPU. Oh. Before we put that in though, 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:19.560 we're going to need to take out these PCI slot covers. I think the boys are 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:23.680 missing a rivet right 00:09:19.560 --> 00:09:27.360 here. It's okay. I'll allow it. And uh 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:29.600 Oh, look. The reason that we removed 3 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:33.600 and 1/2 in bays from the front of cases. Let's go ahead and pull these out. Got a 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:37.279 bit of a clearance issue with our GPU. I don't love the mechanism that has you 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:42.000 unscrew these from the front and the back, but I do think it's cool that they 00:09:39.680 --> 00:09:45.080 can actually be height adjusted depending on where you have clearance 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:51.519 issues. And looking at it, it seems like this is 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:55.519 actually modular as well, which is super cool. So, I could put hard drives up 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:59.040 there. Obviously, these 5 and 1/4 in bays wouldn't correspond with the actual 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:03.360 openings at the front anymore if I move them, but it appears to be an option. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:08.560 Right now, it's not actually close enough to the GPU to support it. But ah, 00:10:06.160 --> 00:10:12.560 yes. Nice. We can move it a little bit closer. All right. The only thing I'd 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:16.240 like to see improved is if I could take this one and lower it down onto the top 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:20.640 of the card so that it doesn't have room to move during transport. Thanks to SY 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:25.760 for sponsoring our 2025 Computex coverage. It might not seem like it, but 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:29.360 this venue is huge. With two halls and four floors each, being able to keep in 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:33.720 touch with everyone is a must. 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Where did 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:20.720 Silverstone find the one modern motherboard with PS2 for the keyboard 00:11:17.920 --> 00:11:27.320 and mouse? You can run both PS2 peripherals and also Thunderbolt. Ah, 00:11:23.920 --> 00:11:29.600 I'm grounded. My parents have locked the 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:35.120 computer. Also, I left the power supply switch off. Oh, this is so cool. This 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:39.839 readout tells you the current PWM percentage for the fans. Like, so cool. 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:44.560 This is so much easier than building a sleeper PC in an old case, by the way, 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:48.560 cuz I mean, the ATX standard hasn't changed much in decades. So, you can 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:53.279 absolutely put the hardware in, but the issue is getting enough cooling. We've 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:57.440 had to do some pretty creative stuff. This completely solves it for you. You 00:11:55.600 --> 00:12:02.079 maintain that retro aesthetic, but you've got dual 120 mm front intakes. 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:06.959 You've got plenty of exhaust. You've got filters all over the place. Modular 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:12.120 cages, so you can fit long GPUs. I flipping love it. Here, let's see how 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:15.440 our GPU held up. This is great. We're at 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:17.040 61° on the GPU. It's already almost 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:23.240 completely flat. I'd be shocked to see it go over 65. And the best part, I 00:12:21.040 --> 00:12:30.240 haven't even pressed the turbo button yet. You ready? Getting the closeup. 00:12:25.880 --> 00:12:33.360 Nice. Boom. Let's go. 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:35.040 There we go. Turbo. 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:39.600 Wow. Even on the show floor, I can actually hear the system now. It was It 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:44.480 seemed silent. Oh yeah, there she goes. She's moving air now, boys. 59. Yep, we 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:48.800 already dropped one degree. Great work, Turbo. And great work, Silverstone. For 00:12:46.800 --> 00:12:54.079 those of you wondering, by the way, will there be a side window option? The 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:59.680 answer is no. As it would be period appropriate, you will need to mod your 00:12:55.760 --> 00:12:59.680 own. Subscribe to ShortCircuit.