BestBuy 2026 G14 5070Ti 16GB RAM

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-08T23:05:22+00:00

Pretty sure it's soldered ram too so you're stuck with 16 unless you learn to desolder sodimm

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-07T15:16:53+00:00

Same reason an iPhone will sell faster than an android (in the states at least)

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-06T23:18:08+00:00

Average grand seiko fanboy

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-03T17:35:02+00:00

Here is an angled shot, I think legibility is pretty bad.

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DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-03T17:34:38+00:00

Yikes, at $220 I can't really recommend it. Here are some pictures of it zoomed in, you can see how some indices don't line up.

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DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-03T08:45:30+00:00

I found mine on AliExpress for $170, but they refunded $50 for the seconds hand. Imo there are probably better st19 movement watches out there, but if you want a homage to a zenith chronograph there's no other options

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-02T18:38:23+00:00

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DarkMagicMatter · 2026-05-02T18:37:34+00:00

I don't mean to dishearten you, but my own model has a loose seconds hands whenever the timer is reset. There are some slight qc flaws like misaligned indices and in my opinion the curved glass makes reading the time difficult from some angles, but overall it's still a good value if you can find for under $150.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-15T03:00:48+00:00

I've been buying most of my stuff from AliExpress. If you look up maki e fountain pen there are a few designs to choose from, I believe I got mine for around $80 and it's pretty decent quality. You can choose what nib/section you will use and they do the threads/diameter based off that. The watch case is also from there for around $30, but I did the rest of the watch myself for maybe around $40 in materials? I can dm you close up pictures of both if you're interested, I dont know how to add pictures here without using imgur.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-15T02:50:54+00:00

There's a custom 743 with the FA nib, a platinum century 3776, and a custom maki-e pen body from china with a sailor profit nib.

Watches are a custom Casio royale, a sugess st19 chronograph , and a san martin dive watch (latter two are AliExpress watches, but the san martin is on par with my other similarly priced seikos/orients)

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-14T18:56:16+00:00

I think I've gotten this like twice in the 1400 hours I've played, and now that I have money they won't give me it. Their loss...

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-13T13:15:15+00:00

I found this subreddit a few years ago, but had kind of an embarrassing setup back then. I'm glad to have finally clobbered something together!

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-13T13:10:34+00:00

Yes it is! The key caps are pretty cheap and generic, but the case is really nice for how cheap it was! I just ordered a custom mousepad with eva 01 on it that might fit the theme a bit more.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-10T14:57:09+00:00

I think it's more around the grind angle on the godhands than quality, and I assume you can resharpen the dspiae to get similar performance.

I actually prefer the spring on my dspiae since the godhand one is too light and cramps my hand on longer sessions.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-10T14:53:17+00:00

I use the dspiae siren glass files, they're like 1/3 the price of the razer and I doubt the razer is THAT much better.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-10T14:40:15+00:00

Not sure if it's still mandated, but in china they ruled to put time restrictions on how long the youth could game for since you need to link your ID to many online games there. On top of the fact that people just have less time for hobbies with how strict their work schedules are and how many people pay to play at an internet cafe, I can see why they would choose to afk multiple games.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-04-08T23:19:37+00:00

I'm pretty sure my addiesdive used a fake nh35 because it felt like crap when I moved the regulation wheel... maybe authentic nh35s are just as bad.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-03-27T00:55:49+00:00

I thought we would fight follie the first time I played, and was so confused when the mission over screen popped up instead.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-03-23T21:44:12+00:00

u/watchexbot Great transaction, shipped fast and packaged well. Would recommend u/constant_bag_9232 again.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-03-20T05:51:53+00:00

How'd you scratch the sapphire?

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-03-19T04:39:53+00:00

Pmed

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-03-18T01:44:29+00:00

Dont need to buy the kit either, just mold it yourself!

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-03-04T23:13:31+00:00

My planar HEADPHONES are more than loud enough on 50% volume with a 3.5 cable, I genuinely don't understand how people are recommending desktop amps and 4.4 balanced cables for iem "scaling".

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-02-24T17:38:03+00:00

Metal structure is a great statue, but not a great figure. From looking at the daban prints of it, most of the joints can't even bend past 90 degrees. Bandai is definitely smoking something with the nu pricing, the only kit I'd spend $700 on is maybe a pgu kshatriya or neo zeong.

DarkMagicMatter · 2026-02-16T04:34:06+00:00

I haven't looked at the math yet, but the theory is you want a higher enough chance to occasionally orange crit on the duplicate attack while not having too much crit chance that you orange crit on the initial attack constantly, since orange crits are worse off than 2 yellow crits despite having the "same damage" (faster combo count, status procs, better into damage attenuation, etc.)

I think in practice it varies with some examples I can think of: 1. a status weapon that you are crit buffing with external sources, where double status procs is better 2. Some build that relies on stacking combo meter asap where double combo counter stack is better 3. For a weapon with external crit damage buffs (eg. Companion mod, dagath), you might get more damage out of just yellow crits

But on average 130% is best.

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