A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior of the FARA 512Z, simply remove the thumb screws holding each panel in place and slide them off the chassis. The interior of the enclosure looks quite traditional with a metal shroud over the PSU and storage section. There is a dedicated cutout to route PCIe power connectors through as well as two general cable routing openings. Unfortunately none of these have any grommets, which would have been a nice touch.


There is a cable cover which also acts as a mounting bracket for the GPU support clip or the components of a custom liquid cooling system. If need be, you may remove it, but that would leave two large openings for you to deal with.


The back of the motherboard tray sports a very large opening to access the CPU cooler mounting plate easily. There are several hooks for zip ties along the edges as well as down toward the front of the case. As such, with a bit of effort, you should be able to keep things fairly clean. underneath the CPU cooler opening, there is a plate which allows for either two 2.5" drives or a single 3.5" unit to be installed. SilverStone also includes a fully fledged ARGB controller which you may control with the button at the top of the FARA 512Z or directly with your motherboard. The PCB also has four PWM headers, so that you may run those units from a single connector on your motherboard.


In the rear at the bottom the PSU bay is straight forward and functional. There is ample room for any mainstream PSU. Above that are the seven expansion slots, with each reusable cover held in place by a classic screw. In the very top, there is that aforementioned fan mounting possibility.


In the front, starting on the bottom, you will find a hard drive cage that can hold either two 3.5" drives or a mix of 2.5" and 3.5" variants. You may remove it by unscrewing two screws. The purpose is so that you may move it towards the front of the case to give you more room for a longer PSU. In the top, you can clearly see the three 120 mm fans. Thanks to the cutout in the shroud, there is also room for a 360 mm radiator assembly.


Already teased before, the somewhat unique selling point of the FARA 512Z is the fact that you can easily rotate the seven expansion slots for use with a vertical GPU. By doing so, six of the slots remain accessible, but odds are only the four farthest away from the motherboard will actually be usable. That is enough to hold even the largest modern GPUs, which is nice to see. Thanks to the four thumb screws holding the expansion slots bracket in place, switching between the two layout options is a breeze.


In the ceiling you can clearly see the mounting positions for two 120 or 140 mm fans. Thanks to the fact that these are offset away from the motherboard, you should have no issues with an AIO of up to 280 mm in size. The I/O ports and buttons are divided up across two green PCBs with their cables routed out of view through an opening in the motherboard tray.


All the wires within the SilverStone FARA 512Z are of default variety, with black sleeving and clear labels. The only unique element is the fact that there is a dedicated LED wire which you should attach to the PCB to interface with the built-in button.