Yep- built from scratch is fine for folks that want to take the time to research what to do when problems happen, but i know I wouldn’t want to go through that headache at this point (maybe when I was younger, but still not probsbly)
I’m willing to pay extra for something g that has a guarantee incase something goes wrong and I can’t figure it out. I’ll save money 9n other things elsewhere.
There is a new usb-like standard that is supposed to be a lot quicker‐ i think the name is thunderbolt 4 ports or something like that- that’s one thing I would want on a new computer (th3y say it’s less secure, but meh, how much less? And are ordinary folks at risk? Not sure. But the througput is sposed to be really fast which is important for things like transfer8ng large files quickly which comes in real handy when backing up 1000’s of photos to another off computer drive, and making and restoring the computer from backups.
Yes, there have been advancements in USB technology and are now many variants. My laptop which is now several years old has different markings on the 3 USB Ports which indicate their additional capabilities. It has “1 USB 3.1 Type-C™ Gen 2 (Data Transfer up to 5 Gb/s, Power Delivery, DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge); 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1 HP Sleep and Charge)”
USB 3.1 Gen 1 supports speeds of up to 5Gbit/s while USB 3.1 Gen 2 supports speeds of up to 10Gbit/s so the type C port should be faster.
I run a Windows 11 Pro “to go” installation from a NVMe SSD that I have in an external enclosure. The actual speeds seem approximately the same as the internal NVMe SSD that I run Windows 10 Pro and Ubuntu from. Because my Windows 11 installation is a very clean system this is what I run MSFS 2020 on. When booting from the external SSD, it makes very little difference which USB port that I plug it into. Why? I am not completely sure.