Does it slow your computer down when people seed torrents you have finished downloading?

Question

I torrent a lot and all of them seed, I dont mind, I think its fair. But my dad has the program on his comp but doesnt want it to seed after downloading just b/c his modem is incredibly slow (or something like that, not sure). Does it really slow your comp down? I mean, how does it work exactly? Lets say I torrent a million files (hypothetically speaking lol). How much would that effect my computer sense all of them would be seeding to other people?


AGAIN! I dont mind doing it on mine, but my dad wants to know. So he'll know if its bad for his computer and if he should find another way.

Dont bash, its childish and annoying. Dont want to hear "thats unethical" cause its a legitimate question.

Answer 1

Yes it will slow your computer down. Because your using bandwidth, and with your dad using a modem that will make his comp super slow. I torrent a lot myself and the more you have seeding the slower your internet speed will be.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You can set the amount of seeding (the bandwidth) the program will use. If the computer, or the connection, is slow, set it to a low value. Or just stop the program after the download. (That slows downloading, because his ratio never goes very high, but, as you say, that's fair.)



Does it slow the computer? Not enough to notice. But with a slow modem, it'll slow the upload bandwidth. (Which may or may not matter - depending on how much uploading he does. Requesting a web page requires very little bandwidth, so the slowdown, while technically there, isn't noticable.)

Answer 4

The best way is to download Ccleaner here http://bitly.com/UrALrK



Or you can go on Windows operating system locate the command prompt and go there to do the following:

Create a Recovery file of system and date it today.



Then begin by;

delete the 'Temp' folders..they have hidden subfolders so you need to set the attributes in order to bypass this. For each subfolder delete all cookies and rubbish left behnd after install-uninstalled programs. Do a 'dir' command to check your progress. Make sure the 'Temp' file is empty.



goto c:\windows\prefetch and delete everything in there..no exceptions



goto c:\windows folder and delete all the '$' files that have been installed by updates. They can all be succesfully deleted and just take up disk space.



Locate the Internet Temporary Files..Check to see how high the saving level is..some have it set at 30 days..but that stores faaaar tooo much data..though it slows down the system overal. Keep this to a minimum..suggest 2 or 5 at most.



Delete all 'cookies' all those you don't need.



Locate the windows directory and go through the folders you know and those you don't need. Check this once a week at least. Some programs will install under XP as NT and older systems where there is no check of systems weight.



Check to see that system files have not changed since last booting. Things like .ini files or .bat are important items.





Check for 'Hidden Directories' all over the disk...do this at the command prompt:



dir *.* /ah wil show these hidden directories



Check the 'dir' command for all parameters

Answer 5

Seeding doesn't usually slow down my internet, but it also depends on how many I'm seeding at once. If it's 20 or less, there's no problem. But if it's more than that, it does slow down a tiny bit (not enough to cause problems).



Downloading slows down both my laptop and the desktop (we have a wireless router), but seeding on my laptop doesn't effect the desktop at all and vice versa.

Answer 6

Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.pcboostcleaner.com



It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.

Answer 7

It will not slow your computer itself down at all. It has no effect other than the RAM usage of uTorrent client, which is usually negligible.



Obviously, however, if you are seeding something, then you must stop other online activities. For example, if you do not throttle your upload speed, you cannot browse the web, use email or instant message, play online games, etc...



That is why most people limit their upstream to, say, 80 percent of their maximum upstream when they want to use the Internet for some reason.



Personally, I leave upstream at `unlimited` at all times when I do not need to use the Internet for something. If I want to go online for some reason, I will limit it to 80 percent of my maximum upstream. This allows me to browse the web at reduced, but bearable speeds. If I do not throttle my upstream at all, it will take five to ten minutes to load http://google.com if it loads at all.



When I am finished browsing the web, I set upstream back to `unlimited`.

Answer 8

Well a million would affect it none. And however many your doing now wont affect it any either. All it does is slowly gives some of the files you have downloaded back to the people that are downloadING it.it doesnt slow your internet down.