New Budget Line of Macs ^_^

http://osxdaily.com/2013/01/25/check-out-this-awesome-lego-rendition-of-the-original-macintosh/

To be clear this is humor, not claiming these are real Macs!

Thought it was cool use of Legos though.

Nerd Gear: Computer Cases Cosmos II vs Thor 2 vs Obsidian 650D

Still working on ideas for gaming computer for girlfriend, so that we can game together, we only have one machine that can handle much in the way of games at the moment, here are some of the cases I looked at today:

• Cooler Master Cosmos 2: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5451/cooler-master-cosmos-ii-large-and-in-charge
• Rosewill Thor V2:  http://www.anandtech.com/show/4648/rosewill-thor-v2-the-god-of-cooling-and-silence
• Corsair Obsidian 650D:  http://www.anandtech.com/show/4529/corsair-obsidian-650d-transmuting-graphite-to-obsidian

I welcome any additional suggestions, don't have any real preferences at the movement, other than I want a quality case, cause I will probably use it for 10+ years, and it needs to support water cooling & high end GPU's for future upgrades.

Nerd News: Faster Game Downloads using Cloud Technology?

 From Ars:

Imagine a gaming service similar to Steam, where instead of having to wait a few hours for the game to download, you could get started in just a few minutes. Or imagine a gaming service like OnLive, but where you could play even if your Internet was down, with no extra latency, and all the quality and performance that your PC can provide.

 Sounds interesting, click on link above for full story.

Though with the way game, and other software, tends to grow in size, that might just mean even bigger sized games.

Chip News for Gaming PC builds: "AMD's new eight-core Bulldozer FX chips touch 4.2GHz"

Via Infoworld:

The FX chips provide a speed boost of 50 percent or more compared to its predecessor, according to AMD. The chips started becoming available on retailer websites last week.
The FX-8150 chip cores will run at a base speed of 3.6GHz, with the ability to stretch up to 4.2GHz in turbo mode. The chip is priced at US$245.
The eight-core FX-8120 cores can run at speeds of up to 4GHz, with a base clock speed of 3.1GHz. The chip is priced at $205.