Danger of Death
Adam L January 01, 2002Specifications
| Item | Value | Upgrades | Currently |
|---|---|---|---|
| Originally Built | 2002 | ||
| Rebuilt | 2022-05-30 | ||
| Condition | Working | ||
| Name | Danger of Death | ||
| Case | OEM Bubble Tube Case | Virgo ATX | |
| Motherboard | ASUS A7N8X-X | ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe | |
| Chipset | nForce 2 400 | nForce 2 Ultra 400 | |
| Socket | A/462 | ||
| Processor | AMD Duron 1200 | AMD Athlon XP 3200+ | AMD Athlon XP 2800+ |
| Speed | 1.2 GHz | 2.2GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| RAM | 512 MB DDR-266 | 1 GB DDR-333 | 2 GB DDR-400 |
| Storage | 60GB Samsung SpinPoint IDE | 160 GB IDE | |
| Optical | BTC-SLL16 | ||
| Optical | HL-DT-ST GCC-4120B | ||
| GPU | ATI Radeon 9200 SE | GeForce 4 MX 440 GeForce 6600 GT AGP | ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP |
| Extra | ThermalTake BigWater SE | IDE ZIP Drive | |
| CPU-Z Score (1.03) | CPU: 3918, FPU: 15369 |
This is a rebuild of a machine I owned from New-Old-Stock!
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:
- Raidmax
- Enermax
- Skyhawk
- APEVIA
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 and yes 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.
Notes
This motherboard cannot drive either the Panasonic nor the NEC 5.25 floppy drives.
While it claims to support them, they do not function properly.
Future upgrades
- 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+
