1) Never try any optimizing techniques given on the web, like tweaking the settings in torrent client, i have tested many of them and found out that they were of no use, instead they degraded my utorrent performance. i am not saying that all of them are completely useless but some tweaks that have worked for a handful may not work correctly with everybody.
2) Choose torrents wisely from the sites which you are familiar with and confirm whether they are safe. according to me the best sites for torrents are "pirate bay" and "isohunt".
3)Always see the comments given by the earlier downloaders to check the authenticity of the torrent. you may ignore 2-3 bad comments out of many, as many times the file doesn't work due to the downloader's own mistakes.
4)Never change the upload speed in your torrent client if your ISP is providing you with unlimited upload bandwidth, lowering it may lower your download speed also.
5) If you are downloading many files simultaneously but you think the client should give more preference to one particular file. Just right click on it and set the 'bandwidth allocation' to "high".
6) Avoid using "update tracker" option. Use it only when you think there is really need of it.
7) Use torrent only if you have higher Internet connection than 512kbps because for a 512kbps Internet connection torrent gives a downloading speed of 30-35 kbps while normal downloading from sites like rapidshare will give you speed of 40-50kbps. So first try to find files on file sharing sites like Rapidshare if you don't find the files there you are free to download from torrent.
Personal Note:- This my is my personal advice and some reader may disagree with some points, they are most welcome to present their thoughts.
The article is under construction and will be updated with more useful tips regularly
3 Responses to “USEFUL TORRENT TIPS”
I totally agree with you. Torrents is fast and reliable way of downloading a file compare to traditional direct download which is slow.
But On torrent it is free, while on file sharing sites like rapidshare you have to pay. Besides if you download from rapidshare or others, if your downloads break in between, they cannot be resumed and u have to download from beginning. whereas in torrents even if it is 512 kbps, it is resumable. So torrent is better even for 512 kbps
Rapidshare is free but you have to wait for some time. The paid premium account on rapidshare provides other facilities like instant download, unlimited download, option to pause. In the above tip i was considering files which are like 200-300 mb, which can be downloaded without pausing i was just suggesting that it is better to download the file from file sharing sites if it is available because even a 10 kbps increase significantly reduces the download time.
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