Oh yes, I agree with you! I much prefer to clear as much crap out of the system as possible, though that habit has gotten me into trouble from time to time, LOL.
About a year ago, I became impatient while cleaning up bloatware. I got fed up with researching every little thing that I found in my system. Even though I didn't know what it did or if I even needed it, I deleted it with a payware shredder.
I forget what it all was, but as a result, I lost some data, (and I think I lost at least one very old, but good payware (or special payware-related tools), that was no longer available. I only recall that I very much regretted it. So, now I don't do anything of that nature when I'm in 'one of those moods'.
I'll let you know what I found and/or did when I get through. As it is, I still have a lot to do before I make the switch. I need to create restore points, run a full backup of my O/S drive, go back and read how to disassemble and disconnect my EKWB water-block and VRM Bridge.
( I have an EKWB EK-Quantum CPU block | EKWB EK-XTOP DDC 3.2 PWM Elite pump/ EK-Quantum Momentum VRM Bridge RGB version).
It's custom made for that specific motherboard by EKWB and I knew that it would be a pain to do something as simple as switching out CPUs, but it turned out to be well worth the hassle. Because I don't have to mess with it much once I installed it, I need to read up on it again to make sure I don't paint myself into a corner.
In other words, by the time I have it all switched out, (but not hooked up and running), it'll be well after midnight. I probably won't even reconnect the computer until I get some sleep and start after it again around 1 or 2 PM on 7-28-22.
Yes, I know... I'm slow at doing this but that's because I have another desktop right next to this one and it can pick up the slack until I have my 'big computer' up and running again.;)
Rich