utorrent how can lower the impact of I/O of my ssd drive?

hi

i still have utorrent 2.2.1 32bit , i know it's an old version

i run it under w7 64bit and w8.1 64bit

i use to download freeware for example i download some days ago 3 linux distro iso and 1 collection of freewares , linux based and and when i always did set the destination in utorrent on an external usb hard disk

i used utorrent and i did notice that these downloads did impact on the i/o of the ssd

should i upgrade utorrent to avoid writes on my ssd?
or there are some option in 2.2.1 to avoid writes on my ssd

thanks

 

It's questionable how much impact these writes actually do have on your SSD, but here's something you may want to reflect upon:
utorrent in vm

 

I would set utorrent to download to a HDD rather than SSD if you have one in your system, utorrent does lots & lots of small writes to the drive & I would think over time could cause issues with the SSD.

I have a SSD as main drive & 1TB HDD in my system, I have set utorrent to use the HDD for all downloads

 

Change the download destination to an external drive (or) a drive other than your SSD. I the case of uTorrent - older is better as newer versions are loaded with bloat

 

Bloat can be removed by simply modifying the advanced option names.

OP in uTorrent go to Options > preferences > Directories. Check put new downloads in and select the folder you want them in. In your case it would be your secondary drive.

I have my directory set to my T drive which is a mapped network drive from an external 1.5Tb Seagate Barracuda drive attached to my wireless router USB port.

 

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I highly doubt anyone other than a Torrent client tweaker would understand that statement. uTorrent is ad-supported - are known for removing privacy features such as phoning home for updates and (bundling-in) bloat such as games and other unwanted <*ahem*> "features" - If you could point at a uTorrent article that states what advanced option names are, we'd all be happy to read it.

 

hi
which version is it?
override automatic ... should be set to use ram to avoid disk writes

is there a client better then utorrent?

i have http://i.imgur.com/b6yrg1K.png

 

I've seen others recommend qBittorrent.
http://www.qbittorrent.org/

 

qBittorrent doesn't look to have better option to reduce the writes
by the way thanks

 

Also see: Comparison of BitTorrent clients
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients

 

You could use a ram disk to stick you current downloads on.

Of course you have to balance how much ram you give over to it as it could slow down the rest of the system if you use too much.

Some ramdisks like buffalo ramdisk have an option to copy the contents back to hard disk before reboot and copy back on boot up.

It will increase startup and shutdown though.

 

If you install uTorrent to a folder on the HDD, then copy the contents of the user folder (AppData\uTorrent) to that one, it will run as a portable application. That way it isn't constantly refreshing your status to the SSD. I don't know if it really matters in terms of reducing writes, but maybe it adds up if you're running it 24/7.

Also, make sure your temporary folder is on the HDD, not just the "final" folder. It doesn't hurt to make them the same folder, actually, as long as you check uTorrent to see that the file is finished before trying to use it.

 

thanks SirDrexl

but in the utorrent preferences there is not temporary folder

i did but it still load from appdata/utorrent

 

Which version do you prefer? µTorrent 2.0.4 still has many fans:

http://www.oldapps.com/utorrent.php

 

I recently ditched utorrent due to its built-in nonsenseware and switched to an alternative, so I understand why people would want to use an older version.
Mrk

 

v1.61 was the last open source version before a company took it over

 

I was referring to them like this:

Temp folder = "put new downloads in"
Final folder = "move completed downloads to"

I haven't used it in a while, so I'm going by the manual page. I don't know why it isn't loading from the same folder instead of AppData either. Maybe try asking on their forums as they should be more knowledgeable about it.

 

This is not a direct download link - for those that must Torrent
uTorrent 2.2.1 build 25203
http://www.filehippo.com/download_utorrent/9655/
Restore your Firewall settings as the software requires an exception to function -
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Restore-Windows-Firewall-settings

Understand the legal ramifications of Torrenting.

 

Also see Legal issues:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_BitTorrent

For those that may wish a long technical read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent