SilverStone Technology FARA 311 Compact Micro-ATX Chassis, Black, SST-FA311-B
$69.99
Price: $69.99
(as of Jan 07, 2025 19:09:52 UTC – Details)
FARA 311 is SilverStone’s newest release in the Micro-ATX landscape as a great valued case in the PC market. It’s distinctive appearance and compatibility potential inherently make its value significant. The front panel features a steel mesh design, with a 5.25″ bay for users with optical drive or other needs. Internally, it’s capable of installing a total of 2 x 3.5″ or 2 x 2.5″ drives, with the 5.25″ bay convertible into another 3.5″ or 2.5″ drive. There’s room for 2x 120mm fans to be installed at the front to provide superior intake volume for internal components and 1 x 120mm at the rear to complete an excellent front-to-back directional airflow. Strategically placed cable management routing holes, plenty of space under the PSU shroud for cluttered cables, and magnetic dust filters are other notable features the FARA 311 packs, this case is definitely a great choice for users looking for a robust and compact Micro-ATX chassis!
Fully meshed front panel provides large surface area for air intake
Highly flexible storage options for 5.25″, 3.5″ and 2.5″ drives
Precisely designed interior provides sufficient space for high-end graphics card and multiple cooling options
Front I/O includes USB 3.0 x 2, USB 2.0 x 1, combo audio x 1
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Customers find the computer chassis easy to install with good airflow. The manual provides a clear breakdown of all the included accessories. However, opinions differ on its value for money and size.
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Jeffery Jelinski –
Solid HTPC Case.
Build quality on the SilverStone FARA 311 is a bit cheap but that tracks as this is a very budget priced product. It has a neutral and symmetrical front with no worded branding which makes it a great candidate for use as a horizontal HTPC case. I flipped it on its side and put some big .75″ x .75″ 3M rubber feet on the back panel and this case works great for that purpose. Looks very much like a piece of home theater or stereo gear in my entertainment center.This has more room and better cooling potential than most of SilverStone’s HTPC cases. It’s also more compact for the hardware it can fit as it leaves out all storage bays excepting the top optical bay. It slots perfectly into my entertainment center but stills fits my monster 320mm 3080 and even leaves plenty of room for the PCIe power connectors. I outfitted this case entirely with Noctua Redux series fans, using a pair of 1500RPM 140s in front and a 1700RPM 120 for exhaust. This gives it great positive pressure airflow and the front of the case is an open mesh which helps massively. This case limits what CPU coolers you can use a little so I chose the bequiet! Pure Rock Slim 2 which is a 92mm cooler that can handle about 130W. It fits with room to spare and leaves room for me to use some tall G.Skill RipJaws V Series RAM I already had. With a 5700X using a modest 65-70W this case has zero problems cooling a fairly powerful gaming PC.Cable management is non-existent so using only NVMe drives can be a huge help and a modular PSU is a necessity. While this case was by no means difficult to build in, it came across as very old school. I had to zip-tie a lot of stuff out of the way and even then it’s not the neatest build. It’s not a restrictive rats nest however and does get the job done.The rear slot covers are punchouts which is just outright cheap. Pretty much every case has reusable slot covers these days. Funny enough SilverStone sell a set of vented slot covers for $10 right here on Amazon. Since I intended to run a fairly power hungry GPU I bit the bullet and bought them for that little bit of extra ventilation and the aesthetic. That said this is one feature I didn’t really like about the case.While it can fit massive GPUs length-wise, there is absolutely no room at the bottom of the case. If you have a true 2 slot card like lots of 3060 and 4060 models or the MSI Slim series of GPUs, this isn’t a big issue. At 307mm and being a 2 slot card, an MSI 4070Ti Super Gaming X Slim would be an amazing GPU to put in this PC. Just make sure you run your USB and front panel connections nice and flat. For a 2.5 to 3 slot card like my Gigabyte 3080 10GB Gaming OC there is barely enough room for it to draw air. I had to lay a layer of tape over the cables going to the bottom ports to make sure they didn’t get into the fans somehow. That said even with the GPU’s airflow restricted, my combined cooling choices(powerful fans, extra ventilation, low TDP CPU) keep temps manageable. I limit the card strictly to 320W and set a custom fan profile and it does the job well though runs a bit warm. I likewise have a curve optimizer undervolt on my 5700X to both reduce the heat it throws into the case and give it a small performance boost. I stuck to a 65W CPU to leave as much cooling capacity as possible for the video card. 5700X was a wonderful choice for this build.This case can be super utilitarian if you plan around its limitations. It did the job expected of it and all advertised measurements for component space were accurate. The end result of the build was a nice little MicroATX gaming PC that can punch above its weight and do home theater duty quietly to boot. The cheap price and open layout make it an ideal candidate for this kind of thing.
Jim –
Just what I needed. Front cover/bezel unbelievably hard to remove.
I wanted a “standard”, old fashion case: no glass to break, no buttons on the top (case is going on top of my desk, not on the floor), so weird shapes or colors. I wanted USB 3.x connectors on the front. I also wanted a reasonably small footprint (desk space is precious, so this was a “must have”). This case fit the bill.The case itself seems a bit on the cheap side, but, to be honest, I can’t point to a particular thing that makes it seem that way. Maybe it’s the way the covers go on (just like my old Win98 Micron PC). Maybe it’s the fact there’s no filters on the vents. No issues installing things though which is important.A downside is the manual and it’s poor set of installation instructions. They’re designed for people that have done builds. I had one under my belt, so it wasn’t that bad. If it’s your first time, I suggest looking at some videos–how things install is a standard, so you’ll get the general idea.The manual had a nice breakdown of the all the accessories that came with it. However, it would be nice if it included the quantity of screws, standoff, washers, etc. listed. That way you can do an inventory after unpacking instead of finding out you’re short when the build is almost done. Granted, if you do builds, you probably already have a stash of these, but for those of us that don’t, it could mean a disassemble and return if a critical item was missing.Wish it had some vents on the top, especially where the PSU mounts. I can add more fans though, but there’s only one exit fan, so I’m not sure how that’ll help.Now, about the cover. Holy cow, was it hard to remove! I thought I was going to break it. I thought maybe there was a latch I had to disengage by pushing in or pulling out, so I contacted customer support. They never got back to me. I also asked the question on Amazon and the vendor and customer answered it (thanks!). The vendor responded with a link to a video to a similar model that showed it really does come off by pulling out on the bottom. I pulled so hard my hand slipped off the lip that acts as a handle. I put on some leather gloves for better traction, braced myself and pulled hard. It finally came off (nothing broke). Geesh.Note: some of the motherboard standoffs were already installed, so don’t worry at first when you see an odd number of them.
C W –
plan case
great case for the price.
bonkmaykr –
Some clearance issues and bad cable management, but okay otherwise
I love this little case. The only issues I have with it are that the cable management compartment is too small for many power supply cables and won’t fit an SSD, and the expansion card slots are deep in the back of the case which causes clearance issues with some older video cables. Otherwise the airflow is great and the installation is super easy.
Gabriel –
Solid budget case
This case was perfect for my workstation build. The size of the case wasnât too large, and yet has enough room to fit a modest video card, SSD drives, and 1 full size bay. Also not too heavy and looks great on my desk.