Full System (Danger of Death)

WelshProgrammer April 26, 2025

Specs

Name	Value
Name	Danger of Death
Chassis	Generic Virgo ATX
Graphics Adapter	ATI X800 GTO 256MB
Hard Disk	Western Digital 80GB
Motherboard	ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
Optical Drive	Goldstar (LG) DVD-CD/RW CD-32x/DVD-8x Beige
Optical Drive	NEC ZIP 100
Power Supply	Thermaltake Smart BM2 - 450W
Processor	AMD Athlon XP 3200+ - 2.2 GHz
RAM	DaneElec 1GB DDR-400 PC-3200
RAM	DaneElec 1GB DDR-400 PC-3200

Originally had an unbranded gaming case with blue bubble tubes and a Thermaltake Big Water Kit.

It also had several processors through its 4–5 year life span, including Duron, Sempron and Athlon.

The case could have been made by several companies, the ones most likely are:

I couldn't find an exact match, but some of these are super similar, so it wouldn't surprise me if this was a variant.

The gallery currently has a few photos of the original PC from back in 2002.

I am fully aware of how much of a mess this machine was, try to remember that I was just a young teenager on a very low income 😅

This was more than 21 years ago, and this was my first truly custom-built machine.

The original specifications were:

This motherboard cannot drive the Panasonic nor the NEC 5.25 floppy drives.

While it claims to support them, they do not function properly.

Ultra 320 SCSI Controller + 146GB 10K RPM Drive, which is up to twice as fast (320MB/s) as SATA-1 (150MB/s) and ATAPI-6 (100MB/s).
AMD Athlon XP 3200+