A:AnswerI've owned this machine for a month now and have nothing but good things to say about the liquid cooling. This machine runs super silent and the temp gauges always show great heat management. I'd try and urge you to reconsider spending more money to merely downgrade this machine.
A:AnswerSee the Dell/Alienware support site. There are instructions on making a recovery USB stick.
Are you not happy with the Optane/HDD combo performance?
A:AnswerYes you can connect to the Internet via cable or wifi. I use a wired connection to my isp router but it will work fine with just wireless as well.