I haven't clean installed Windows 10 since I installed it about three years ago, and since then I've upgraded every component apart from my SSD.
While I think I've done a good job of keeping it clean, in a few games (GTA V, Warzone) I've noticed that my usage for all my components barely goes above 50%, but I still get poor performance. On forums, the consensus seems to be to clean install Windows to solve this issue.
I have 1 SSD and 3 HDDs and I just bought a new SSD. I plan to do a clean install of Windows on this new SSD and leave my other drives untouched. My main question is in the post title, but it leads on to this: will I still see the benefits of the clean install if I leave my other drives untouched? Or must I do a complete wipe of my data?
Of course, if my performance doesn't improve, I'll start formatting my drives, but I'd like to understand the processes better.
