I don't agree with setting the Download speed to something like .5kbs ect... as it can still affect the upload speed.
Herrick the best way to build up some sort of a buffer when you join any tracker is to "partial seed".
Do as I say here by grabbing smaller parts of files and when u build up a bit higher ratio, then grab bigger files and before you know it you'll have a nice gb buffer and then you can download full big files with no worries.
Ok so log into your site and try find a really new release pref 4gb or over in size.
Download as usual but when you get to say 200MB look down on your uTorrent interface and you'll see 3 tabs which are "GENERAL", "FILE","LOGGER"
So you click on the "FILE" tab and you'll see lots of different .rar files.....so highlight 1 .rar file then on your keyboard hold down he Ctrl key and then click the A key on your keyboard at the same time...
That will highlight ALL the .rar pieces, so now right click on any .rar piece and in the list that appears click on "don't download".
Now uTorrent will close off the torrent fully even though you only downloaded 200MB of a 4gb file and you will seed back at 100% speed.
Hope this help
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