A Closer Look - Outside

Out of the box, the SilverStone Fara V1M Pro looks quite nice and somewhat beefy. It is fairly wide, and its lack of height adds to the hefty feel.


The front is mostly solid with an air vent on the bottom third of the panel. SilverStone added some air vents on the side, so there is some basic air intake. You may pull the front off to reveal a 120 mm ARGB fan on the very bottom, where it will also be visible through the metal mesh of the front cover. Great would have been the inclusion of another fan above that fan; even a non-ARGB fan, just to get some airflow across the GPU as well. In the rear, things look pretty traditional with the bottom-mounted PSU bay and four expansion slots above.


The glass side panel of the SilverStone Fara V1M Pro is clean and framed in black, which is so much better than what we have seen in the Fara B1 and R1 series, for example. The opposite side sports a solid metal panel, and both sides are each held in place by a pair of thumb screws.


The PSU bay comes with a single set of mounting holes, which makes sense with the shroud being completely solid as we well see later on. Above that are the four horizontal expansion slots. Each of these unfortunately comes with breakout covers. While this is not the end of the world, SilverStone should have at least included one or two covers separately. In the very top, you will find the second fan, which is black and set to push air out the back of the enclosure. Elongated holes allow you to adjust its height to best suit your needs. There is very little above the motherboard area from this perspective, so it will be interesting to see how well an AIO will fit in the ceiling.


On top is a magnetic metal-mesh dust cover, which is offset as far away from the motherboard as possible. You can install two 120 or 140 mm fans here or opt for an AIO of up to 240 mm. In terms of I/O, you will get two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports. There is also a dedicated LED toggle button next to power and reset. On the other side are the two classic audio ports. While USB 2.0 is no longer really needed, it is nice that SilverStone chose to include two of each to fully make use of the respective motherboard header.


The underside looks pretty generic with a metal-mesh dust filter and two sets of mounting positions for the floor-mounted hard-drive cage. If you look closely, you will notice that it is held in place by two screws out of the box, so you will need to tip the chassis over if adjusting its position.