Well, I've been trying to upgrade my 2 year old computer and stuff since I've been wanting to play some of those new games these days.

ok so the first thing I do is go to office depot and me and my dad get an AGP graphics card, it's not the correct socket so we exchange it for the PCI one when we figure this out… I was so sure that the sockets on the side of the box were the same as in my computer :< The graphics card was $80

So I install it all and the graphics card is all nice making my games run faster a little bit and then I take another look at the card type GeForce FX 5500 it says…. then I realize that the better ones are OVER NINE THOUSAND…………. and now know why it didn't let me run Trackmania on maximum at a decent frame rate. Although it was really huge for my mini-desktop and I have to leave the case open…

I decide to order a graphics card online through a website called newegg.com which is a really good site. So I buy another graphics card for $120 which is a low-profile size for my mini-desktop. When it arrives 5 days later on a 2 day delivery contract :p fucking Sundays and religion, I finally get my card but then after putting in my case it won't fit into the PCI connector because I was dumb and didn't realize that the connect need to be a express x16 and I think mine is a PCI 2.0 slot :p and even if that was correct I needed to 24 prong energy supplies and only had 1 and my system's power supply is 160W when my new graphics card alone needs 400 minimum :P

So I switch back to my other graphics card since it atleast works and am now planning to build a pc from parts that would be compatible with the graphics card I just bought. These were the first graphics cards I'd ever bought so I guess I'm learning…. I've also learned to look at every detail of a computer component in order for it to be compatible with another.

Since then I've gathered a saved wish list on neweggs.com of what I would like to purchase and so far it's about $600

here is my list.

The motherboard can support up to 16GB and right now I'm only getting a single 4GB so that I don't have to replace it later. I'm also getting a beast processor and a power supply that uses over 500watts and have made sure the motherboard has the correct PCI express x16 slot and the 2 power connects for the card. Oh and my low profile card came with a metal piece that I can replace so that it can be put into a mid tower desktop :D

So anyways this was more of an experience I guess but it does leave me a tiny bit down, not that much however, because I am smart enough not to hype myself unless I'm certain things will go 100% and so I didn't get toooo hyped up :P only a little ehehe. anyways yeah that's all for this blog cyah later or whatever…. :D

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Oh yeah I got fear the gold edition about the same time of the first graphics card and I check with canyourunit.com for compatibility and the only thing missing is a DVD drive XD and that's on my list as you can see.

also here is a video there are car chases in malls and cars in wars :P