Review System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard is done by traditional means using spacers and screws. There is plenty of room above as well as to the right of the board. SilverStone has placed the cutouts at the top and bottom well, so that you should be able to minimize visual exposure to wiring. The compact cable cover to the right is a bit farther away, which is actually good thing as this allows for a bigger bend radius, which in turns puts less stress on the plugs and connectors. Even though the FARA 512Z is pretty short, you should have no issues installing a longer GPU inside the chassis.


Adding a 2.5" drive to the mounting plate requires the use of screws and the removal of that plate from its position. Once filled, you may simply set it back and use the single screw to hold it down.


Similarly, the HDD cage has to be removed to screw in a classic drive which you may then slide back into one of the two possible positions. It holds in place pretty well, so if you do not plan to transport your system and would rather have easier access to the cage, you may skip screwing it in from the underside of the floor.


Adding a PSU bears no surprises. Simply slide it in and screw it down from the rear of the case. There is plenty of room, so you should have no issues with wiring, even if your power supply is not modular.


Installing an AIO in the ceiling is pretty straight forward as well. A 240 mm unit will easily fit, as will a 280 mm variant. However with the larger unit, you may want to ensure to first connect everything that plugs into the top edge of the motherboard.


With everything installed, the interior of the SilverStone FARA 512Z looks quite alright. The opening for the PCIe wire is handy and the cover towards the front of the case does a good job in hiding the larger wires incoming from the right. On the bottom, the lack of grommets does mean you see more exposed cables, but that is a mere cosmetic issue. In the rear, after a considerable effort we managed to wrangle the ARGB wiring and connect it to the built-in PCB. On top of that all the other wires were spread out across most of the hook locations to avoid any bulky wire bundles.

Finished Looks

Turning the SilverStone FARA 512Z on for the first time, you are greeted by a rainbow colored ARGB strip and fan mounted LEDs. A blue power light at the top also lets you know that your system is up and running.


The ARGB lighting effect in the front of the chassis looks quite nice and SilverStone has done an excellent job with the diffusing cover for the top strip. Thanks to the clear window, you may also view all your hardware and interior lighting elements easily. In the rear, everything is where you would expect to see it from a chassis of this layout.

Thanks to the built-in PCB and toggle button at the top of the chassis, you may cycle through several single- as well as multi-color animations. On top of that the FARA 512Z offers seven solid hues which are shown below.