PC cases come in a lot of shapes and sizes. Lately, we've been seeing a lot of color options too. Choosing a particular color for a PC case over the usual black color comes down to personal preference, really. That being said, those who've used a white PC case would tell you that it makes your rig look more premium and elegant. The downside is that in most cases, buying a white case comes with an additional cost. Truly budget cases aren't usually painted white.

The white-colored interiors of a PC case also tend to make the RGB lights look better. A fully decked-out white PC case is more colorful and visually appealing to look at, especially when you pair it with matching white-colored components too. And speaking of matching components, choosing a case that fits the components you're going to use in your PC is essential, and the primary factor when choosing one of the cases below.

These are the best white PC cases in 2023

Fractal Design's Torrent chassis is one of the best white PC cases you can buy, particularly for higher-end builds thanks to its spacious interior, good airflow, and fairly typical design. It's not super expensive for a high-end build at $180 or so, and although that price is out of reach for budget builders, the Torrent isn't necessary or even suitable for a low-end or midrange PC anyways.

Aside from being white, a few things stand out with the Torrent. It has a tempered glass side panel and five RGB fans (which aren't unusual for a case in this price range), but its slightly rounded shape and stylistic grille at the front intake are fairly unique. These features are purely decorative but thankfully don't get in the way of airflow, unlike other decorative design choices you might see on other chasses.

There's a ton of room inside the Torrent, with support for E-ATX motherboards and 420mm radiators at the front and on the bottom. GPU clearance is 423mm in length and practically unlimited vertically since there's so many expansion slots. If you're not taking advantage of the Torrent's radiator support, you can also use a large CPU air cooler that's up to 188mm tall.

The Torrent is a really good option for high-end PCs or midrange builds that could one day become higher-end. $180 is objectively expensive but the included fans alone could cost $50 or so, not to mention the other selling points in this Fractal Design chassis. Unless you're on a budget or don't really want a spacious PC, the Torrent is the best overall choice for anyone who wants a white case.

Users who want not just a high-end PC, but a top-end PC with the latest hardware might want Corsair's iCUE 5000T case. At $400 it's priced for the high-end and also fulfills every requirement a powerful PC has. Its price and overkill nature mean it doesn't get our ultimate recommendation for the best white PC case, but it's a good alternative for those who need the extra performance for a PC with top-end components.

The 5000T is not a pure white design as it has a gray accent surrounding the front panel, which you may or may not hate. Additionally, it's more hexagonally shaped rather than rectangular, which helps achieve a balance between it looking like a box and it being too smooth like some gamer-y chasses. The tempered glass side panel and RGB lighting from all the LEDs and the three included fans look pretty good too.

The 5000T can support a 360mm radiator in the top and one at the front, and a total of ten 120mm fans can be installed. The 5000T's advantage over the Torrent is the fact that no fans are taking in air from the bottom, which tends to suck up dust. GPU clearance is 400mm and CPU air cooler clearance is 170mm, which means very few if any components wouldn't fit in the 5000T.

The slightly more optimal fan configuration makes Corsair's iCUE 5000T better at cooling than the Torrent, but for twice the price it's not really worth it unless you're using components that actually require that extra cooling capacity. The 5000T also has lots of RGB and an included RGB hub, which are nice inclusions if you care about that kind of stuff.

While most PCs are better off just using the typical mid-tower chassis, sometimes the massive full-tower size is warranted, especially when there are top-end components and custom liquid cooling at play. Corsair's iCUE 7000X RGB is hard not to recommend here when it has so much space and support for the highest-end parts, making it one of the most overkill white chasses on the market.

The 7000X, much like the 5000T, isn't 100% white as it has a gray accent around the front of the case, but it (probably) doesn't ruin the design. The tempered glass side panels and RGB help give the 7000X that classic Corsair appearance, and while its box-like shape might be boring, it's hard to imagine how big this case would be if it weren't using the most space-efficient shape possible.

If you're getting the 7000X, you're getting it for its ludicrous liquid cooling support. It supports up to three 360mm radiators at once, though if you want to use 420mm radiators you'll have to settle for two and if you want to use a 480mm radiator there won't be any room for others. The clearance for 450mm GPUs and 190mm tall CPU air cooler make space concerns nearly non-existent. There's also the option of mounting your GPU vertically, though a PCIe riser is not included.

Given what kind of PC you'd be using Corsair's iCUE 7000X for, $300 actually isn't that bad of a price. Additionally, the 7000X is just good in its own right and didn't get on this list just because it's white; it has great cooling capability, a high-quality design, and good front I/O. Just make sure you have the room for this 20-pound case.

If you've ever felt like building a gaming PC didn't prove you were enough of a gamer, you probably want a chassis that expresses that clearly. Surprisingly, there aren't a ton of white cases out there that go all in on the gamer aesthetic, and Asus's TUF Gaming GT501 is one of those few. It's not a particularly amazing case but it's solid enough to earn a recommendation here.

The GT501 goes for a two-tone look with lots of white combined with black accents, but the end result looks nice. The front panel has lots of angled slopes instead of being a flat surface like you see on most cases, it's perforated in order to both create space for air and RGB light to come through, and it sports the TUF logo in case you couldn't tell this case was made for gamers. But perhaps the most gamer-y part of this entire chassis is the power button, which is not a circle but a weird lopsided hexagon Asus frequently uses on its products, particularly gaming-oriented ones.

As for how well the GT501 functions, it's actually pretty decent. It supports two 360mm radiators, one at the front and one in the top. Four fans are included, so you could just add a single 360mm AIO liquid cooler and get the maximum amount of fans possible. Clearance for GPUs and CPU air coolers is also good at 420mm and 180mm respectively.

These specs are all pretty good but the roughly $200 that the TUF Gaming GT501 goes for is pretty high for what it is. Part of that comes down to white cases just being kind of expensive in general, however. Overall, the GT501 is good though nothing mind-blowing unless you want that gamer-y design.

Small chasses are interesting, just to see how much performance and power you can cram into a compact size. It's not for everyone but if you are into the somewhat masochistic art of building small PCs, then you might be interested in Corsair's Crystal Series 280X, a micro-ATX sized chassis with support for high-end components.

Like most of Corsair's PC cases, the 280X sticks to the formula of RGB, white with some gray accents here or there, and tempered glass, though the 280X has three glass panels instead of the usual one on the side. This chassis is also pretty wide since it contains a second chamber for the PSU and cable management, which gives the 280X some interesting proportions but it manages to pull it off without looking super weird.

Despite being small, Corsair made sure there would be plenty of cooling potential in the 280X. It supports up to three 240mm radiators (the top and bottom can also host 280mm radiators) and six 120mm fans, which is as much as we could reasonably expect. GPU clearance is pretty short at 300mm (just a hair short of the 4090's 304mm) but not crippling, while 150mm in clearance for the CPU air cooler means the 280X can take almost any air cooler.

Normally we'd expect a Corsair case made for a very niche audience to cost a ton of money, but actually at $185 the Crystal Series 280X isn't terribly expensive. It also helps that the 280X is good in its own right thanks to its wide support for cooling options and that side chamber where you can stuff all your cables.

There's white color tax on PC cases for some strange reason, so it can be difficult building a PC with a white case if you're on a budget. There's not a ton of good options sadly, but if you can pony up the $120 for Lian Li's Lancool 205 Mesh, you'll have not only a good-looking chassis for your PC, but one that will also provide a good foundation for future upgrades.

Unlike some cases, the Lancool 205 Mesh is 100% white, with extra color only coming from the three included RGB fans. The mesh on the front is a nice alternative to glass or plastic since both of those would obviously restrict airflow, and the tempered glass side panel is nice at least. Overall, the Lancool 205 Mesh looks well-made and doesn't do anything crazy.

Cooling capability is solid on the Lancool 205 Mesh. It has support for two 280mm radiators, one at the front and one up top, and uses a mix of 120mm and 140mm fans for a total of up to five. GPU clearance is acceptable for most high-end cards at 350mm, and the 160mm in CPU air cooler clearance means pretty much any air cooler will fit just fine.

$120 isn't exactly budget friendly for most users, but it's worth paying for the Lancool 205 Mesh since it doesn't make significant compromises on cooler support or room for components. Choosing a case with restrictions on component compatibility can backfire if you ever want to upgrade down the line, and since the Lancool 205 Mesh comes with three fans, $120 isn't a super high price to pay.

The mini-tower size isn't nearly as popular as the standard mid-tower size, but mini-towers are really nice for cutting the fat of typical mid-towers without going full-blown small form factor and micro-ATX or mini-ITX. Lian Li's O11 Dynamic Mini is a stylish case that provides just enough practicality to support any hardware, whether it's low-end or high-end.

What stands out the most in the O11 is easily the dual tempered glass panels on the side and the front. A glass panel on the front isn't super unusual by itself, but the O11 values the ability to look inside the chassis so much that there are no front fans. Instead, front intake airflow comes through the non-glass side panel. The O11 is ideal for a showcase PC.

The other gimmick with the O11 is an adjustable form factor that allows you to increase the clearance for fans and radiators if you step down from ATX to micro-ATX or mini-ITX. If you use an ATX motherboard, you can't use a radiator at the top, but with a micro-ATX motherboard you could use a 360mm radiator, plus a 360mm radiator at the bottom (assuming the GPU isn't too large) and a 240mm/280mm radiator at the front. 395mm for GPU clearance and 170mm for CPU air cooler clearance are both good and support pretty much all high-end GPUs and air coolers.

In theory the O11 Dynamic Mini is pretty cheap at $120 for what it is, but it doesn't come with any fans which means you'll need to supply them yourself, which is probably going to cost at least an extra $20. The intake airflow is also going to be poorer than many other chasses since it's not coming directly from the front. Overall though, the O11 is a very interesting case that will appeal to anyone who wants something unique and flexible.

If you're choosing a white PC case, it's probably because you want it to stand out, so why not go all the way and get one of the weirdest cases ever designed? Thermaltake's AH T200 is a chassis that technically fails at being a chassis by not providing a sealed box for your components to run in. It's essentially the PC case equivalent of a convertible and is much classier than just buying a chassis and removing the side panels.

It's hard to describe the AH T200 because it totally rejects the standard design you'd expect from any other case, but according to the product page it's "helicopter inspired." At least its color scheme is easy to understand: white with black accents, plus the gray tint from the glass panels on the side and at the front. It's unclear if these glass panels are even necessary but they certainly don't look bad.

Despite having this open air design, there's surprisingly little room for components. There's only room for one 240mm or 280mm radiator at the front and support for four fans total. CPU air cooler clearance is acceptable at 150mm, but a GPU clearance of 320mm is surprisingly short. Additionally, ATX sized motherboards are not supported, only micro-ATX and mini-ITX.

If you really want to make a statement with your PC, Thermaltake's AH T200 certainly can do that. Our biggest concern, however, is dust, which is going to get all over everything in this chassis since there's no sealing whatsoever. Expect to be doing frequent cleaning if you go with this case.

Best white PC cases: Final Thoughts

Good cases using the color white are hard to come by, and they often carry somewhat higher price tags. Of all the ones we've covered here, Fractal Design's Torrent chassis is our overall favorite thanks to its support for high-end components, its five included RGB fans that make the $200 price tag easier to swallow, and its relatively unique design that isn't so unique that it's weird

Lian Li's Lancool 205 Mesh is a cheaper alternative if you're on a tight budget. It still provides solid cooling capabilities and a clean design, and it's completely white, which is a plus if that's what you're going for.

Don't forget to check out our collection of the best CPUs and best motherboards to buy if you're planning to build a new PC using one of these white cases. We also encourage you to join our XDA Computing Forums to get more product recommendations from our expert community members.