Uses

Uses — gear behind the work & play

Hardware, software, and systems I actually use every day — from a self-built RTX 4070 rig to GDS terminals. Self-taught on all of it.

Madushka Harshana Athapaththu's PC setup and battlestation
My battlestation — built in Japan, 2026
Battlestation

🖥️ PC Rig

Self-assembled in Japan in 2026 — my gaming and AI/LLM workhorse. Started with a Zotac RTX 3060 Ti; upgraded in April 2026 to the ASUS Dual OC RTX 4070.

Full specs

  • CPU — AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • GPU — ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
  • RAM — G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB DDR4
  • Motherboard — MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus
  • Storage — 8TB HDD + 512GB NVMe SSD + 128GB NVMe SSD
  • Cooling — AIO RGB Liquid CPU Cooler
  • Case — Thermaltake RGB Mid-Tower
  • PSU — 650W Power Supply Unit
  • Network — TP-Link WiFi 6E + Bluetooth Adapter

Built by hand, in Japan

Picked every part and assembled it myself while living in Japan — the same way I learned everything since my first hand-me-down PC in 2010. Runs Windows for games, heavy AI workloads, and local generative pipelines (ComfyUI for image, video, and audio) when the MacBook needs backup.

Self-assembled 2026 Windows Gaming AI / LLM ComfyUI
Input

⌨️ Peripherals

Royal Kludge RK61

Compact 60% mechanical keyboard — bright amber backlight that matches the battlestation glow.

Mechanical 60%

Logitech G304 Lightspeed

Wireless gaming mouse — light, precise, and always charged enough for long sessions.

Wireless Lightspeed
Portable

💻 Laptops & Tablets

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2019)

16GB RAM — development and office work. The trackpad gestures and macOS polish are unmatched.

16GB RAM macOS

Apple iPad Air (M1)

Reading, sketching ideas, travel entertainment, and a second screen when the desk needs one more canvas.

M1 iPadOS
Pockets

📱 Mobile Devices

Both ecosystems — iOS for the camera and reliability, Android for tinkering.

Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

The iOS side of life: camera, ecosystem, and day-to-day reliability.

iOS Camera

OnePlus Nord 3 5G

The Android side — I genuinely prefer Android’s openness for tinkering and custom setups.

Android 5G
Play & immersion

🥽 XR & Gaming

VITURE Pro XR / AR

  • VITURE Pro XR/AR Glasses — a personal cinema in a glasses case
  • VITURE USB-C External Adapter
  • VITURE × 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller

One of the best purchases I’ve ever made. Meta Quest 2 was my 2024 VR gateway — sold it, but it earned its keep.

Consoles

PlayStation 5 — the 2024 era. God of War, Spider-Man, The Witcher 3, and two Platinum trophies to show for it.

2 Platinum trophies
Sound

🎧 Audio

Apple AirPods Pro 3

Daily drivers for calls, travel, and focus — ANC when the world is loud, transparency when it isn’t.

ANC Spatial Audio
Software & systems

Creative tools, terminals, and local AI

Three OSes, three GDSs, Adobe and DaVinci on the timeline, ComfyUI on the RTX 4070 — a self-taught stack for daily work.

Operating systems & terminals

macOS for polish, Windows for games and GPU work, and Linux for love — Mint, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, and plenty more. I live in the command line across all three: Windows Command Prompt, macOS Terminal, and Linux shells for advanced troubleshooting and everyday tasks.

macOS Windows Linux CMD Terminal Shell

Creative suite

Graphic design in Adobe Photoshop (expert). Video and motion with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and CapCut — from travel vlogs to polished cuts. Day-to-day documents and spreadsheets in the Microsoft Office suite.

Photoshop DaVinci Resolve Premiere Pro After Effects CapCut MS Office

Local AI — ComfyUI & LLMs

The Japan-built RTX 4070 battlestation doubles as a local generative AI lab. I run ComfyUI workflows for AI image, video, and audio generation, plus local LLM setups — same GPU that powers games and heavy model work when the cloud isn’t needed.

ComfyUI Local LLMs RTX 4070 Generative AI

GDS & code

Travel industry command lines — Amadeus, Sabre, and Galileo — learned at the airline desk, used daily at Zetova Journeys. Python for automation and tooling, web tech for GlassPad and this site, and a self-taught-everything policy since 2010.

Amadeus Sabre Galileo Python Self-taught

Curious what I build with all this?

GlassPad, travel CRMs, Python tools, and two companies — the gear is just the start.

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