RedPenguin Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I have a PC that is 400mhz with 384mb RAM. This is why I choose uTorrent because it doesn't need much CPU or memory. Now, dling torrents are fine but if I go to check a torrent, even making sure my Hard Drive is in DMA mode, it goes very slow during checking. My downloads are stored on an external hard drive connected with USB 1.1. Is there anyway to speed up checking so it doesn't take years to start dling? If no way with the machine itself, anyway to make Windows use another machine to do it's dirty work? I mean, have that machine, steal some CPU cylces and memory from another machine to get things done faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 external hard drive connected with USB 1.1Limited to 11mbitYou're stuck at about 1mbyte/sec hashing speed.Stealing CPU cycles does you no good when your hard drive speed is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPenguin Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 If I get a USB 2.0 PCI Card, will that speed up the checking or not really since the CPU is only 400MHZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 I think by the time you can get USB2.0 speeds, your CPU would've long bottlenecked you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPenguin Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Well, what about my 766mhz system instead with 256mb ram?The reason I am asking is, I don't want to have the DLs going on my main machine because then I can't really restart the system or shut it off, I would much rather have a dedicated system for the DLs so I can use my main system freely without really having to start and stop all my dls.I only get 37kb/s and a lot of dls take forever, so the less interuptions possible, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 It should be possible to start new torrents before the old ones finish hashing. ...you'll just need a faster computer + connection to the torrent files (USB v1.1 sucks) to do it quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPenguin Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Yeah, what I want to do is basically take all the dls from this computer, then just move them to a uTorrent on another machine, but I don't want to wait days just for the other computer to hash check and begin the dls because that would waste way too much dl speed.But is 766mhz/256mb RAM and USB 2.0 with a USB 2.0 external HD, fast enough to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 With USB 1.1, your USB port is bottlenecking you.With the systems you have, USB2.0 will move the bottleneck to your CPU (and cut the time required for hashing down massively). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPenguin Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 I don't understand what you mean, if it moves the bottleneck to the CPU, wouldn't that actually be a bad thing? I would think that you would never want any bottlenecks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 It'll be much faster if you get USB2.Bottlenecks always happen, it's just better to have the higher limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPenguin Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 So then, if I do get a USB 2.0 PCI Card, it would actually be a good or at least ok idea, even though the processors are only 400mhz and 766mhz? Also memory is only 384mb for the 400mhz and 256 for the 766mhz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman99 Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 I read your initial post and I have almost the same system specs.I wouldn't bother upgrading to USB 2.0 because it would be a waste. Your system really wouldn't go any faster. Do a search on the specs for a PCI USB 2.0 card and you will see that minimum is 900mhz for a Celeron and slower if is not.The great thing about the external drive is that you can take it to a friend, who has a faster machine and ISP and download form there.If you have come up with any way to speed up the checking (other than a faster machine), please drop me an Email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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