Silverstone Fara R1 V2 Review

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Today we’re taking a look at the Fara R1 V2 from Silverstone. I reached out to Silverstone for a few parts to build a Silverstone themed 12th gen RTX based gaming rig. The Fara R1 V2 is a sleek mid tower chassis with a mesh front panel, the option for a real tempered glass side panel or a steel side panel, top and bottom air filters all at a competitive price. The Fara R1 V2 is geared for midrange gaming builds and comes in a few style varieties. There's the black tempered glass model that I have here, there's a black version with a solid steel side panel and then the same glass and solid panel options in white. At first glance, the Fara R1 V2 looks like a solid competitor in the sub 100 dollar price range. Let's take a look at what’s included, the specs, build quality, and the finished gaming rig.

The Fara R1 V2 includes a basic case screw kit which is pretty much all you need to get rolling with this case. The front panel of the case is a tool-less removal system and pops off fairly easily for access to fans or radiator support. On the model I have here, the tempered glass side panel has a metal frame that’s easily secured and removed with two thumb screws. Getting inside of the case, we’re looking at support for up to a 340mm graphics card up from 332mm on the Fara R1 version 1. Being that the Fara R1 V2 here is a mid sized chassis we get support for mITX up to standard ATX motherboards. As far as air cooler support goes, we can stuff up to a 161mm tall tower cooler into this case. In terms of watercooling support, we can opt for either a 280mil rad or a 360mil rad mounted in the front of the case as well as a 280mil or 240mil rad at the top of the case. The rear of the case also supports a 120mil rad if you need it. As always, make sure you measure your rads to ensure they don't bump into each other and your fittings and tubes have enough room. The front rad location will support up to a 59mil rad thickness and the top rad mounting location will support up to 38mil thickness. Out of the box, you’re only getting 1x 120mm case fan, so you will want to make sure your CPU cooler will have decent air pressure or you can pick up an extra fan or two to help generate air pressure to better cool your system. Lastly, for power supply compatibility, you can fit up to a 200mm long PSU in the case if the hard drive cage is moved to the front position. The rear hard drive cage position will shrink that maximum PSU length down to 171mm. The IO on the front panel of the case consists of two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, and one combined 3.5mm audio port.

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[geepeezee]

This was on sale at amazon last few weeks for $66 for the solid panel model. I happen to catch the tail end of that pricing. Now back to $88.

At $66 it's a pretty good case for the price. No water cooling in this build, just needed a somewhat decent basic case. Seems 5.25" slots have gone out of style these days. Such cases are hard to find any more.

The 3.5" bays (2 of 'em) seem to be an after thought in this case. They're on the button near the power supply. If you ever need to add/remove cables from the modular supply, the drive bay will have to come out first.

Overall build quality appears decent for the price point. They could have included some more case fans, at least 1 front one. Compared to the cooler master n400 (something I use few months ago). This case is definitely easier to work with and seems more robust.

Cases are much a personal item and vary greatly depending on needs. My main box (5900X, 64gb, some older nvidia card, lots of drives) is still housed in an old antec 1200 with the 360mm rad strapped to the back, custom cooling loop. Storage consists of multiple rosewill RSV-SATA-Cage-34 bays with the hotswap sleds (3 such bays fit nicely into the antec1200).

[chspg_alvis]

Bought this case for $40 on a walk-in store in my country, good case.

It's minimalistic looks allows people to customize it with various RGB from different brands, I prefer Razer because of the very good RGB they provide and their software is very good.

[OfficialSwazzzy]

Hey i was wondering if you know how to change the colours for the fans?

[Once_WuZi]

What model is the stock fan that it comes with?

[chickennoodle]

Thanks for the review. However, I was just wondering if the GPU slots at the back were replaceable or do you have to break them out?

[merken]

Do you recommend the fara r1 v2 or the asus tuf gt301???

[martindierks]

Thanks for the review. I have 3 SSDs and I'd like to remove the HD-cage, but the third SSD has to be fixed on the cage, right? Or is it possible to fix an SSD on the bottom, below the HD-cage? V1 had more options for SSDs.
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[wasard_]

the website says that this build now comes with 4 fans?

[shimadabr]

Very informative review. Seems like a great budget case.

[AK-ynwi]

Hi, what are the differences between the Fara R1 *V1* and *V2* ?