Looking to buy a ds lite What should i know before i buy?

I'm looking to buy a onyx ds lite what should i need to know before i buy? Are the ds like the psp's where you need a special firmware version to be able to play backups?

 

No. Almost all mods to the DS are hardware based and not firmware. If you buy an M3 or R4 you don't need to do anything but buy the M3/R4 and a microSD card. That's it. Very easy.

 

ok how big are ds roms? and where can i find them. should i get a 1gig micro sd card or a 2gig?

 

I have a 1GB card and can fit about 20 roms on it.

If you have a lot of bigger roms then you could probably fit 10-15 on a 1GB.

Roms range in size from 8mb-128mb.

You can usually find torrents of the roms you need a copy of.

 

ok looks like i will get a 1gig then since i still have to buy the r4 , where can i find that for a good price. what torrent site do you find them at?

 

I think I did a search on Torrentz.com

Just search for nds roms and sort by size.

 

For roms, torrents suck.
Sites for roms:
Drn.dl.am
dgemu.com
frozen-roms.net

The r4 costs about 40.00 on gameyeeeah.com and 45.00 on divineo.net

 

ok thanks guys for the help. Which is better m3 or R4 and where can i find a 2gig mini sd card for cheap? should i try ebay,since im not sure if they sell fake's like the psp memory sticks.

 

Meritline.com has the 1gb Kingston for $11 with free shipping. It dosen't get much better than that.

 

ok the transfer rate doenst matter? i dont want the games to lag. Im either getting a 2gig kingston or a Transcend 2GB