SilverStone Technology FARA 513 High Airflow ATX Chassis with Excellent Hardware Compatibility and Type-C Port, SST-FA513-B-C

The case is decent for the price point since it has USB-C, and 2 x USB 3 ports on the front panel and includes an optical drive bay if you need it. It was also smaller than the other cases I was looking at that had USB-C and an optical drive bay.

The cooling performance with my setup (2 x 140mm intake, and 1 x 120mm exhaust fans, with a Peerless Assassin CPU Cooler) is good. Even with adding an overclock, CPU temperatures maxed out at 80C. Without the overclock, the CPU would run around 50C at max load. GPU temperatures maxed out at 72C for me, but that will vary based on the video card.

I only have four complaints about this case:

1) The hard drive cage is rived in place, and cannot be removed. This makes installing a longer power supply quite painful. I would recommend sticking with a 140mm long power supply that is fully modular if you decide to go with this case because of the way you need to install it. It would be better if there was a bracket that let you install the power supply from the rear, instead of having to juggle it as you screw it in and then try to connect the cables with the tiny amount of space left.

2) The rear I/O plates are one time use only, so if you add a new expansion card and then remove it, you are left with a hole in the back panel. Replacement slot covers are cheap, but I haven’t seen a case do this in a while. Any expansion cards are held in with a thin bracket secured by a single screw, which could be an issue with larger/heavier video cards, but I haven’t noticed any issues as of yet.

3) The included 120mm rear fan is not PWM, as it only has a 3-pin connector. I replaced that fan with a 120mm Noctua, but Arctic fans would work well too.

4) The top filter will slide if you put anything on the top of the case. I don’t know if this is because of the strength of the magnet that holds it on or the case material, but the only other reference I have for this is a Corsair 450D where I had to work to remove the top filter.

Regardless of the minor issues, this case will be a good fit for me.

The specs are accurate in that the case does have four 2.5″ drive bays. However, in order to use all four, you must have a screwdriver at most 2.5 inches long, so you can install the front-panel fans between the case and the front panel.

I only needed two bays, so I just used the other two, but if you need three or four, make sure you know how you’re going to install any front-panel cooling.

Received the case (front USB-C model). Unlike most other brands, there is no box of accessories, but there is a plastic bag containing screws, cables, etc. Manual is very sketchy. There is no way to cross check if everything came in. I had another question, and left a voice message for its California center last weekend. One week gone, nobody called me back. I wonder if I may face problems if I use this case. Also, if there is any support in the US.

It’s a great formfacter for medium builds

Front combo audio and USB C. Fairly easy to swap everything from the old case. Two things to note (1) the screw holes for the 5.25 bay are not aligned correctly (2) the front USB C port is 3.2Gen2 which my mobo doesn’t support. I had to get a “USB C header adapter” for $10 to make it usable as a Gen1 port. But it may come in handy in the future.

Love the front combo audio port and everything else work just fine. I think this case will be great for any future upgrades.