If there is option to keep previous working install for backup it's of course the best option.
And yeah, making Window install media with Rufus should allow to use local account as default option I think.
I think it will be okay, but if the key is not accepted the not activated Windows is not that restrictive.
Also this might help - https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/fix-windows-11-10-activation-key-not-working.html
What's the point of separating/tiering the "generations" from boomers to Z (usually)? I find it as useful as insulting people by their astrological star signs. But that might just be my unpopular view on life.
By the way it's strange that search in the forum does not always show all the search results about "CH341A"
https://linustechtips.com/search/?q=CH341A&quick=1
It seems that there should be a lot of experiences. Hope it will help.
Edit: only now I realise why CH431A does not show as many results - the one I'm thinking is actually CH341A (facepalm). But that only seems a typo?
I'm on a similar boat. I ordered CH341A from Aliexpress for my card. Found a couple of useful videos from YT.
I'm not 100% sure how useful they are, but they seem to go in depth.
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It seems that there are a lot of different software for the programmers.
Have not really identified which is the correct one: https://ch341aprogrammersoftware.com/
Sorry for not being very helpful, just following the thread.
That stick in particular sucks imo. Got one with same mechanism, I prefer - https://www.deepcool.com/products/Accessories/graphiccardaccessories/2021/13758.shtml
Not because of RGB, just because of ease of mounting the mechanism.
I got my 1TB NVMe (Adata S70) down to 95% in about 2 years of daily usage. Was able to sell it for 60€. I think it was a fair deal.
But for 512GB it would take perhaps 1 year(?) to get to 95%. So about 19 years to go, again perhaps.
@starsmine the PSU prices don't vary so much as other parts though. for $200€ you'd get a perfect PSU. In the ball park of GPUs or CPUs it's not so much of a difference between a "decent" and a "perfect" one.
I'd rather spend 100€ more on PSU than CPU that anyway will get replaced in 2-3 years probably. Also ATX specs don't really matter SO much in performance/reliability of a PSU.
Cheap cases are are not as bad as to be swapped out for most reasons. I've got a 40€ case for several years already, second build in it iirc, not missing anything.