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The purge

MzCatieB
By MzCatieB
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its that time of year again guys.

No not the movie, its Cleanup time of all are harddrives, there are only 2 rules

 

Rules,

- No file is safe

- Delete all your un-needed files

 

 

That is all

 

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i cleaned my desktop earlier and i'm happy with that, and i don't want to dive into my steam files because removing anything would likely mess up a bunch of my modded games :| 

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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Deleted system32.

Actually, I got rid of a bunch of old documents that I had for GCSE subjects that I no longer need.

PCs

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Branwen (2015 build) - CPU: i7 4790K GPU:EVGA GTX 1070 SC PSU: XFX XTR 650W RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX fury Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPower MAX AC SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB + Crucial MX300 1TB  Case: Silverstone RV05 Cooler: Corsair H80i V2 Displays: AOC AGON AG241QG & BenQ BL2420PT Build log: link 

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Netrunner (2020 build) - CPU: AMD R7 3700X GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 (from 2015 build) PSU: Corsair SF600 platinum RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix RGB 3600Mhz cl16 Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570i pro wifi SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB Case: Lian Li TU150W black Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Slim

 

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I did mine a week ago. Took me 2 hours to sort through, delete, and re-organize all my randomly acquired files. Only thing of note I got rid of was the non- Rebirth version of WoW and BF3

Knowledge is power, guard it well.

Steam | Twitch | YT | Build

 

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Will it spin faster now ?

|EVGA 850 P2| |1440p PG279Q| |X570 Aorus Extreme| |Ryzen 9 3950x WC| |FE 2080Ti WC| |TridentZ Neo 64GB| |Samsung 970 EVO M.2 1TB x3| 

 |Logitech G900| |K70 Cherry MX Speed|  |Logitech Z906 |  |HD650|  |CaseLabs SMA8 (one of the last ones made)| 

 

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I emptied the Recycle Bin and cleared up 46GB of storage.

"How hard can it be?" - Jeremy Clarkson

"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." - Jeremy Clarkson

 

"There's an old saying that God exists in your search for him. I just want you to understand that I ain't looking." - Leslie Nielsen

 

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