Folder size of a fully patched WoW game ?

Dragonforce · May 9, 2010, 04:31 PM

Can someone please check this out for me ? Just the game, excluding (remaining) saved patch files/installers/huge addons/saved movies.

Thanks.

Sambo110 · May 9, 2010, 06:43 PM

23.54 gigs, and about 230 megs of pictures and movies.

Nermal · May 9, 2010, 06:55 PM

17.74 GB for me; 23 sounds far too big

Huntn · May 9, 2010, 07:40 PM

If you allow a bunch of patches (install files) and screenshots to accumulate , it can get humongous. 17GB sounds right to me.

yukio · May 9, 2010, 07:57 PM

Mine's just under 22GB.

It could be because I explore a lot....

(edit)

My Data folder alone is 17.75GB

Sambo110 · May 9, 2010, 08:04 PM

Could I delete all of these files then?

EDIT: My data folder is 17.something gigs too, so 6 gigs or so of patches seems right to me.

Dragonforce · May 9, 2010, 08:35 PM

Yeah, you can safely delete those. Or you could move the *patch files to an external HDD in case you need to reinstall, so you don't have to download them again.

Anyway, the downloaders and the patch applications can be trashed, I always did that.

Thanks for checking out the folder size for me, debating if I should waste the 17 GB of precious SSD space or not. I'm just bored lately and looking for a game to play... haven't played WoW for like 1 1/2 years and yeah... might as well take a look into the face of the devil

Nermal · May 9, 2010, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sambo110

Could I delete all of these files then?

EDIT: My data folder is 17.something gigs too, so 6 gigs or so of patches seems right to me.

Since you're in Australia I'm guessing that you have a data cap, so I'd suggest backing them up in case you need to reinstall. You don't need to keep them sitting in your WoW folder though.

If you have a Wrath DVD then you can get rid of the "2.x" patches; your DVD will already be patched up to at least 3.0.1.

Sambo110 · 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nermal

Since you're in Australia I'm guessing that you have a data cap, so I'd suggest backing them up in case you need to reinstall. You don't need to keep them sitting in your WoW folder though.

If you have a Wrath DVD then you can get rid of the "2.x" patches; your DVD will already be patched up to at least 3.0.1.

I have a 50 gig cap, but my ISP has like 4.5tb of unmetered gaming content, so I can download most of this stuff unmetered

And thanks, thought they were the actual patches, that's 6 gigs more space back, just in time for Steam too

Plutonius · May 9, 2010, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragonforce

Can someone please check this out for me ? Just the game, excluding (remaining) saved patch files/installers/huge addons/saved movies.

Thanks.

My folder including those items listed above is 25.3G.

cluthz · May 10, 2010, 12:55 AM

MIne is 22GB with quite a lot screenshots and some videos

Foxile · Jan 7, 2011, 02:48 AM

Since installing Cataclysm, my folder stands at a whopping 34Gb !!!

I'm going to have to try trimming that down I think

lordjonny · Jan 7, 2011, 05:12 AM

Mine is chilling at 31gb with cata, even after a little clean up! i'd rather not touch it though its one of the only things i dont keep on an external and its not exactly denting my internal HD space!

Cboss · Jan 7, 2011, 08:01 AM

Mine's at 25.15 GB, so those with smaller HDD/SSDs can cut it down to at least that.

thejadedmonkey · Jan 7, 2011, 10:32 AM

Mine's at 30gb, having never cleaned it up before.

Venkman90 · Jan 10, 2011, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cboss

Mine's at 25.15 GB, so those with smaller HDD/SSDs can cut it down to at least that.

Yeah, same here and thats with no patches undeleted.

I checked and the data file alone is 99% of that, which is the world content and can't be trimmed. I guess Cata added a lot of textures for the flying in Azeroth bit as thats a 10gig hike.

They may need to address this if they really are planning on another 5 years of content

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Sambo110 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia	23.54 gigs, and about 230 megs of pictures and movies. __________________ rMBP 2.6 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD 10,8 ; 20" Aluminum iMac, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, 2400 HD, 10.8 ; iPod Touch 4G 32GB
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Sambo110 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia	Could I delete all of these files then? EDIT: My data folder is 17.something gigs too, so 6 gigs or so of patches seems right to me. __________________ rMBP 2.6 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD 10,8 ; 20" Aluminum iMac, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, 2400 HD, 10.8 ; iPod Touch 4G 32GB
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May 9, 2010, 08:35 PM	#7
Dragonforce Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London (Ealing) UK	Yeah, you can safely delete those. Or you could move the *patch files to an external HDD in case you need to reinstall, so you don't have to download them again. Anyway, the downloaders and the patch applications can be trashed, I always did that. Thanks for checking out the folder size for me, debating if I should waste the 17 GB of precious SSD space or not. I'm just bored lately and looking for a game to play... haven't played WoW for like 1 1/2 years and yeah... might as well take a look into the face of the devil __________________ 15.4" MacBook Pro HR-AG (i5 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 160 GB Intel X25-M G2, Mac OS X 10.6.4) iPad 32 GB WiFi iPhone 4 32 GB black
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May 9, 2010, 06:55 PM	#3
Nermal Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Whakatane, New Zealand	17.74 GB for me; 23 sounds far too big
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May 9, 2010, 07:57 PM	#5
yukio macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008	Mine's just under 22GB. It could be because I explore a lot.... (edit) My Data folder alone is 17.75GB
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cluthz macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Norway	MIne is 22GB with quite a lot screenshots and some videos __________________ -tb MacBook Air 13" i5 osx10.7.5 HackPro 4.3GHz, 16GB RAM, GTX660OC, 2x OCZ Vertex 3, win7+osx10.8.3
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Foxile macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2007	Since installing Cataclysm, my folder stands at a whopping 34Gb !!! I'm going to have to try trimming that down I think __________________ iMac 27" 3.1Ghz i5 iPhone - 4 16Gb iPad2 64Gb Wi-Fi
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Jan 7, 2011, 05:12 AM	#13
lordjonny macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2006	Mine is chilling at 31gb with cata, even after a little clean up! i'd rather not touch it though its one of the only things i dont keep on an external and its not exactly denting my internal HD space! __________________ J
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Jan 7, 2011, 08:01 AM	#14
Cboss macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Colorado	Mine's at 25.15 GB, so those with smaller HDD/SSDs can cut it down to at least that.
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Jan 7, 2011, 10:32 AM	#15
thejadedmonkey macrumors 604 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pa	Mine's at 30gb, having never cleaned it up before. __________________ MacBook Air • 17" MacBook Pro • iPod Nano • Apple TV Custom Windows 7 Desktop • Surface RT • WP7 "Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment." - Mulla Nasrudin
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