It's real, and it's spectacular.

This week's Forum Feature gives pride of place to Bill Owen's amazing Star Trek PC, which is finally finished, packed up, shipped out, and now living in our offices for a few weeks while we cram it full of beautiful top-notch hardware. Then we're gonna bring it to Comic-Con and GIVE IT AWAY. Because we love you. David Gerrold—Maximum PC columnist, science fiction legend, Tribble inventor, commissioner of the case and recipient of its twin—will be at our booth at Comic-Con this year to sign autographs next to his aluminum child.

Check out the shots of the completed case in the build log on our official forums, and at MNPCTech's website. We'll have more details as Comic-Con approaches, plus a full writeup on the build in a later issue of the mag!

More cool forum threads after the jump!

If it's Friday, this must be Maximum PC's Forum Feature! Here are some highlights from this week's forum activity. If you haven't checked out our official forums, do so! Or we'll cry.

As a longtime fan of Minecraft, mightily am I pleased by this night's work by forum user codyandbecca, who has/have recreated the logo of my favorite magazine in Minecraft. 

In the Free Clinic, Flipper, who should know better, innocently wonders if maybe he has a virus on his PC. 

In Programmers' Paradise, DJSPIN80 explains why Windows 8 will disappoint him. CrashTech gamely responds. Thoughtful discussion ensues!

Globeadue needs help picking a 2-bay NAS.

In the Modders' Workshop, our Star Trek-themed mod keeps getting awesomer, and usrebmot starts to build what he calls the world's smallest watercooled full PC. 

The Break Room is now read-only, and a kinder, gentler off-topic forum, The Studio, has taken its place. Come chill around our virtual water cooler. And don't be a dick. (The Studio is only available to registered and logged-in users)

Enjoy your weekend!

It's time for another foray into the Maximum PC official forums!

Bill Owen of MNPCTech fame is building us two Star Trek-themed PCs, one of which we will give away at Comic-Con. With design help from Mike Okuda and our own David Gerrold (who will take home the other PC), both Top Men in the Star Trek world, it's going to be amazing. Follow Bill's build log in the forums!

Check out more great forum threads after the jump!

When last we met, I informed you of the existence of the official Maximum PC forums and exhorted you to a) visit and b) report back. If you have done so, thank you. If you have not, there is still time to escape the coming wrath. 

Hold on. I've just been notified that we're out of wrath, so you can safely disregard the previous threat. However, if you don't check out today's featured Forum thread, you're missing out on something amazing. 

Lightcycle. Computer. Computer. Lightcycle.

Right now, in the Modders' Workshop, Boddaker is documenting one of the most impressive scratch PC mods we've ever seen: his Tron CM build. Hit the jump for more details and pictures!