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I'm currently using Outlook.com (with a Hotmail address) for my personal email, and I was looking to add my new custom domain to it. But to do that, I have to upgrade to 365 Personal or Family within the next two days. My question is, if I do that and later decide I can't afford it or no longer need it, can I then downgrade back to the free Outlook or would my account just close? I've got emails going back twenty years in that account and don't want to jeopardise it or trap myself.

I just thought there wouldn't be a lot of wiggle room if the mounting holes don't quite line up, and maybe a slightly smaller rad would be a smaller headache. I'll have to check though. EDIT: Huzzah, found a schematic for the CE280. Now I just have to measure the clearances in the case to see if it will go.

According to Fractal, the Define R5 can fit up to a 322mm long radiator in the front with the optical cage still in place. The EK CE280 is 320mm long. Is this cutting it too fine, I don't know how the mounting holes line up? What's a good 280 rad that would fit that height, or would I be better getting a thicker 240 like the XE240?

They make 280x60 rads? I've only looked at EK so far and their 60mm range is all 120mm. They do make a 280x45 that would JUST fit in the front (2mm clearance under ODD cage ). Hardware wise, I'm cooling a Ryzen 1700 + VRMs (AX370 monoblock) and Vega 64 so I'm gonna need a fair bit to keep up once I start turning up the clocks. EK's Configurator recommended a 360 and a 240 but 2x240s didn't turn up the temps much at all.

I just realised I can't use the HDD cage as a stand for my reservoir, because the GPU will get in the way. I have no idea where it would go in either case?

I've just bought a Define R5 case and I'm trying to decide where to put my radiators. I've attached my two options (except I'm keeping the optical cage and using two 240mm rads). Does bottom or front mount radiator position have any benefit over one another? 1. I imagine bottom would have better airflow because of the door (would have to suck from around the edges of the door like my Antec P150). 2. Filter cleaning would be roughly the same - they can both easily be changed from the front. 3. Bottom mount leaves me with the question of where to mount the reservoir/pump. Front mount I can use the HDD cage as a stand. 4. Bottom mount means a max PSU length of 165mm which rules out a lot of my 750W+ options, not to mention room for the modular plugs. 5. Bottom might get dirtier being so close to the carpet (it's sitting on plastic carpet protector at the moment). 6. Would bottom be easier/harder to drain? The radiators have ports on both sides so one could go straight out the underside if I drill a hole, but then I couldn't really do a valve or anything. Thoughts?

I'm putting together a Ryzen Linux build (1700, Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5) and I initially bought the FlareX 2x8GB kit (F4-3200C14D-16GFX) as that seemed to be the going thing for Ryzen. But I quickly realised that 16GB might not be enough if I start virtualising and stuff (4GB RAM for a Hackintosh leaves 12GB and I'm choking on 8GB as it is) and if I get another 2x8GB and want to upgrade later down the road I'd be stuck with having to chuck out perfectly good sticks. So it's probably best if I swap them for 2x16GBs now, right? (they're unopened) So after reading a lot about Samsung dies, AGESA updates etc, here seem to be the best candidates: F4-3200C16D-32GTZKW $659 F4-3200C15D-32GTZKW $724 F4-3200C14D-32GTZKW $792 (the only modules actually on the Gaming 5's QVL, in the form on the 8x16GB kit) F4-3600C17D-32GTZR (RGB) $732 The last one is intriguing - it's cheaper, has the RGB and according to Crucial the speed increase should offset the latency even if the ratio is slightly worse. But I'm also dubious running the Trident RGB on a Gigabyte board, I've heard horror stories of blown sticks due to software incompatibilities, and that's before bringing Linux into the equation (would that help or hinder?). Any thoughts?