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Problematic TP-Link adapter causes issues

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Processor i7 4770 3.40 ghz
Motherboard Intel® Desktop Board DB85FL
Cooling EVGA CLC 120 Liquid / Water CPU Cooler
Memory 16gb ddr3 1333mhz
Video Card(s) MSI GeForce GTX 1650 4GT LP OC
Storage Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB SATA Hard Drive, Crucial MX500 2.5 1TB SATA3 (CT1000MX500SSD1) Crucial MX50
Case Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply Seasonic FOCUS GX-550W Gold
Hello, I've been using a TL-WN822N V5 usb wifi adapter (costs 15$ here) for a year, at first it worked well, it would drop connection at times but it was tolerable.
After booting up the pc the adapter wouldn't be recognized at all, you'd have to unplug it and plug it for the wifi networks to appear but nothing too annoying.

Yesterday, upon booting my pc, the internet connection started to drop 2-3 seconds after being connected to the wifi, even though the adapter was still blinking, so I kept trying to connect to the wifi multiple times after that without touching the adapter and after the 5th or so disconnect I got a BSOD. I waited for the BSOD to complete and after restarting the pc I got a USB device not recognized notification.

Now I'm considering buying ASUS AX1800 PCIe WiFi Adapter as I read that PCIe adapters are more stable than usb ones.

The adapter is positioned behind a column, roughly 3 meters away from the router. The wifi network band is 2.4ghz.

https://www.batna24.com/en/p/huawei-hg8245-ont-uekor - this is the router


Do you think that crappy wifi usb adapters can cause bsods or could it be something else?

PC specs:
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GPU: msi gtx 1650 4GT LP OC

CPU: i7 4770 3.40 ghz

Motherboard: Intel DB85FL Desktop Motherboard

PSU: Seasonic FOCUS GX-550W Gold

RAM: 16gb ddr3 1333mhz

HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB SATA Hard Drive

SSD: Intenso SSD SATA III 500gb
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