Some questions 4 torrent users

[GINZY]

- U use laptop or desktop for torrenting ?
- Ur PC can have a rest after finish torrenting or it have to work until it die ?:D
Ur PC is on 24/7 or u turn if off sometimes?
-Save the electronic bill : laptop or desktop (especially when torrenting )

just got a laptop , now i want it with my Desktop PC to download torrent .
is it good for my new laptop to grab torrent 24/7 ?
IF not , i will only use IDM to download files from the server cause i mainly use seedbox to get torrent :P

[Salvia]

I leave my desktop seeding 24/7, power isnt too bad since its only one box right now and 600watts

[L3ST]

Using a laptop for 24/7 seeding is not recommended. You will kill the battery in .. 5-6 months. Laptops are made for casual use, or let's say 3-4 hours a day maximum. There is always the risk of overheating because of the high-usage of the HDD and it could crash in a couple of days. Usually the laptops have a 5.400 rpm HDD and that means you can't get high speeds, but if you do .. your laptop will not be usable during the download/upload.

I use a Desktop pc for seeding. Used to seed 24/7 but now I have a high bandwith so I can save a little on the power bill. seeding about 14-16 hours a day now. :01:

I don't get the resting part. If you download, you have to seed. So .. no rest for your PC. You can close the PC when all tasks are at 1.0 ratio ( 0,6 ; 0.7 or what the tracker minimum ratio is ) or you seeded enough, nobody is gonna ask you to overseed or seed more than .. 72 hours let's say ( ex: FTN )

Get a Desktop for torrenting, laptops are made for mobility not high-usage.

[Shalafi]

- U use laptop or desktop for torrenting ?
- Ur PC can have a rest after finish torrenting or it have to work until it die ?:D
Ur PC is on 24/7 or u turn if off sometimes?
-Save the electronic bill : laptop or desktop (especially when torrenting )

just got a laptop , now i want it with my Desktop PC to download torrent .
is it good for my new laptop to grab torrent 24/7 ?
IF not , i will only use IDM to download files from the server cause i mainly use seedbox to get torrent :P

my laptop is open for more than 30 days 24/7.. in 30 days i think i closed 3 hours maximum :D

[pandapop]

i have a laptop and desktop. laptop is running 24/7 on torrents. its been running over a year, gets turned off maybe once every 6 weeks, and its fine. the battery is as good as when it was new. no problems whatsoever.

[L3ST]

Erm ... you guys are lucky. The battery on my laptop crashed after 1.5 years of 2 hours/day use :( My bad.

[thegman24]

I run my computer about 16 hours a day, sometimes more, I was supposed to use it for music originally. But then someone pointed out I had no talent, and so I started using it for torrent-ing. Works pretty well, actually.

-TheGman

[DVito]

My desktop torrents sometimes, it barely works (i've had it since 2001) but its on 24/7. It only goes off when the power goes out.

My laptop.. is ghetto. I have a cheap gateway, torrent almost everything on here, leave it on 24/7 but its been started to show problems. Its about a year and 3 months old, but the battery lasts.. not very long, and the fan is broken. I have to leave it on to get 1.0 ratio as I only have 60kb/s upload.

[Daniel]

- U use laptop or desktop for torrenting ?
Neither. I use a former PC of mine as a server with a multitude of tasks to perform. As this server works as an internet router, file server, local testing webserver it made sense to move torrent-downloads there as well.


- Ur PC can have a rest after finish torrenting or it have to work until it die ?
Ur PC is on 24/7 or u turn if off sometimes?
-Save the electronic bill : laptop or desktop (especially when torrenting )
My PC is usually running when I'm at home, my laptop only in order to synchronize data.


just got a laptop , now i want it with my Desktop PC to download torrent .
is it good for my new laptop to grab torrent 24/7 ?
Depends what you mean with "good". Your laptop will consume less power than the desktop alternative which is a good thing, on the other hand I wouldn't want to use my laptop 24/7 because most models aren't built with this usage in mind. Much is depending on your usage because would you want to take a break from seeding and/or downloading just because you have to leave home with your mobile computer? There are distinct advantages to a 24/7 running (server-like) PC in your home.

[eminem]

my laptop is open for more than 30 days 24/7.. I can't close my laptop :d ...i can sleep But My laptop can't sleep ;) No restart no stand by My laptop Open 24 hours

[Melvinmeow]

I have run ftp servers off of a few laptops a while ago..
They ran 24/7 for about 6 months straight. I only stopped using them due to the fact they were sucky and I got some new computers which used the network ports instead of the laptops.

I dont see why you couldnt run them 24/7 for torrents.

[Night0wl]

I use a laptop always. Only thing I've noticed is that batterylife has been shortened a bit. I do drain the battery on occation though, so batterylife isn't effected too much.

[fstrulz]

I use my new Core2 Duo laptop for downloading and seeding my torrents almost 24/7.

I mentioned Core2 Duo because these new Intel processors are energy efficient. I also set my laptop's LCD to turn off automatically if it's not used after 5 minutes to save energy. My laptop is always plugged in and I took off it's battery to make sure it doesn't overheat.

[mikechrobot]

i just have my pc on 24/7, don't even have a laptop ;)