Windows 7 vs Windows 10

[shaina]

If you run QuickPar and WinRAR at the same time, it will slow down your computer a lot (especially if the files are located on same HDD, not SSD so much). And if you are downloading files at the same time (same HDD), it will be even slower. Having many tabs open in web browser (especially with Chrome) will bring a computer to its knees. I've done it and I have 16GB of RAM with fast SSD for OS and 7200 RPM HDD for downloads.

I know that buddy, it is happening to me, but i am not sure if QuickPar is used or running on SABnzb?? I think Multipar is used and it is not as a hog has the other.
Are you using SABnzb?? and my PC is not as Pistol Pete as yours So i am wondering if there is settings you can tweak in the Internet based SABnzb program to stop the bogging and i let SAB do everything from start to a finished file?? And i switched because of the obfuscation, being honest i am not fond of internet based programs, i prefer windows internal ones....

Does Anyone know?? Details in there Settings/setup would be appreciated so i can try?? It really is fuckin annoying!!!!

[MacGyverSG1]

I use SAB for obfuscated stuff only. Otherwise I use Newsleecher or Forte Agent. I like the programs to just download the files without any other activity (par scanning or unraring). I'll do that myself. Sometimes programs screw things up if a file(s) needs repair. Sometimes the par2 file thinks a file is bad when it really isn't (very rare, but happens). I especially hate it when the rars are deleted by program when it thinks everything is good. I don't think it matters which par program is used. Reading the files to check them really taxes a HDD. Extracting a bunch of RAR files does the same.

[anon]

How do you do this..
"I would start by limiting the size of the article cache in the settings, mine's set to 4M and I've never had any trouble."

It's at the bottom of the General (first) tab when you open the settings. Disabling multi-core PAR2 at Switches -> Post-Processing may also help.

I can share my configuration file if you want, but apart from those two changes, custom directories and (of course) server login data, it's pretty much the default. I only use newsgroups when I can't find something elsewhere, and with free servers.

[MacGyverSG1]

If you run QuickPar and WinRAR at the same time, it will slow down your computer a lot (especially if the files are located on same HDD, not SSD so much). And if you are downloading files at the same time (same HDD), it will be even slower. Having many tabs open in web browser (especially with Chrome) will bring a computer to its knees. I've done it and I have 16GB of RAM with fast SSD for OS and 7200 RPM HDD for downloads.

I know that buddy, it is happening to me, but i am not sure if QuickPar is used or running on SABnzb?? I think Multipar is used and it is not as a hog has the other.
Are you using SABnzb?? and my PC is not as Pistol Pete as yours So i am wondering if there is settings you can tweak in the Internet based SABnzb program to stop the bogging and i let SAB do everything from start to a finished file?? And i switched because of the obfuscation, being honest i am not fond of internet based programs, i prefer windows internal ones....

Does Anyone know?? Details in there Settings/setup would be appreciated so i can try?? It really is fuckin annoying!!!!

BTW, my PC is not that great, more like Danny Ainge. It's consists of an Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 motherboard with i7-3770K, 16GB DDR3-1866 RAM, Plextor PX-256M3P SATA SSD, and 73TB of HDDs all housed in a Corsair Obsidian 800D. It's over six years old and showing its age. Slow compared to today's hardware, but gets the job done. I don't game anymore, so I'm using a GeForce GTX 750 Ti. I don't like to run integrated GPU.

[anon]

my PC is not that great

No, I'm the only person in this forum allowed to use this phrase

[shaina]

BTW, my PC is not that great, more like Danny Ainge. It's consists of an Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 motherboard with i7-3770K, 16GB DDR3-1866 RAM, Plextor PX-256M3P SATA SSD, and 73TB of HDDs all housed in a Corsair Obsidian 800D. It's over six years old and showing its age. Slow compared to today's hardware, but gets the job done. I don't game anymore, so I'm using a GeForce GTX 750 Ti. I don't like to run integrated GPU.

Well that being old is still a ton better than i am using, but in all honesty i just use my one PC just for downloading and surfing the net if i am in the play room, oh and i do some printing, other than that i have a bunch of laptops pretty much all over the house , and a dedicated PC just for streaming through out the house (That has 17 TB of drive space to fill up)..

So going back to my Downloading PC. It is an older AMD with a Asus motherboard and an onboard gigabit Ethernet port, and 2 7200rpm hard drives
I don't do gaming other than occasional game consoles and old school meme on my original xbox to play donkey kong/ crazy kong, or i mix it up with some crystal castles and frogger. My kids are the PC/Laptop gaming nuts!!! me i can get away with any dinosaur vintage PC for what i do with them, other than it having a half descent, CPU and a motherboard that can get gigabit connection speeeds (What i have with rogers here), i never really cared about anything else.......

But still adding a fancy hard drive or even upgrading and spending a fortune i am now assuming that even going pistol Pete for just downloading is not going to solve the SAB choking problem?? Or at least you didn't give me any settings suggestions to do that

PS. Question?? So i see you don't like to run integrated GPU?? If you are not gaming?? What difference would it really make?? EG. I did tinker adding a video card to my pc just to see if there was going to be a difference with the downloading speeds or extracting shit!!, and maybe it was me but i felt no difference??
So i just removed it and just use CPU onboard graphics, and have it really set to minimum, and ya i know it is locked in windows for the video part, but as i said i felt zero difference......

So any help on the settings buddy that you may think can help Just send me a PM, i would appreciate it and don't mind a bit of tinkering.....

Thanks

No, I'm the only person in this forum allowed to use this phrase

Really Anon if you are a PC gamer today i would assume (especially knowing what it costs for my kids!!), you have no choice but to fork out some cash to have it run properly, and not having to keep fiddling with the settings to have a game run??

[anon]

Really Anon if you are a PC gamer today i would assume (especially knowing what it costs for my kids!!), you have no choice but to fork out some cash to have it run properly, and not having to keep fiddling with the settings to have a game run??

I was never really a gamer, but all I play these days is visual novels, which have minimal hardware requirements. My desktop computer does have a discrete graphics card, but that's because it lacks any kind of integrated video.

Integrated graphics sucked in the past, but nowadays they offer features that used to be a luxury, including accelerated video and even good performance on some 3D games. I agree that for "office" tasks there's little need for something else, unless you have some very old or very new monitor with no connector types in common, or really don't want to spare a few dozen MBs of memory for video. Not to mention you'll decrease your power consumption too.

[MacGyverSG1]

I don't like to use integrated GPU to decrease CPU heat output. Whether it makes a big difference, IDK. I'm sure there are some reviews out there that tested it. It will also extend the CPU life. The Intel HD 4000 is not that great to begin with. I am using a BenQ BL3200. It's a 32" 2560x1440 VA panel. Figured the GeForce GTX 750 Ti would drive it better than integrated. I was thinking of upgrading to a 1050 Ti, but who knows when GPU prices will come back down to normal.

shaina, if you install a SATA SSD (your hardware probably can't handle NVME SSD (m.2), unless using a PCIe adapter card (can't boot OS)) and use it as download drive (or boot drive), SAB and QuickPar would fly. HDDs just can't handle all that reading and writing at the same time. No settings will help out. Adding a video card will not help downloading or extracting shit. SSD!!!

[shaina]

shaina, if you install a SATA SSD (your hardware probably can't handle NVME SSD (m.2), unless using a PCIe adapter card (can't boot OS)) and use it as download drive (or boot drive), SAB and QuickPar would fly. HDDs just can't handle all that reading and writing at the same time. No settings will help out. Adding a video card will not help downloading or extracting shit. SSD!!!

I can tell you i just built it as a budget machine, hens going AMD instead of Intel (my server is Intel), and if i get x amount of years out of it, i will just build another frugal machine that does the basic needs i use it for. And being honest i'd rather put my money towards Audio and visual equipment.


My motherboard is asus a88x plus , and there is 2 PCI slots so because i am not using any graphics cards, so technically i could do the NVME ssd, but they said on a few web sites it may be finicky with that motherboard.
So i am thinking Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB Read: 550MB/s; Write: 520MB/s Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/AM)??
Do you have a better suggestion??

And thanks again for your suggestions and help buddy......

I was never really a gamer, but all I play these days is visual novels, which have minimal hardware requirements. My desktop computer does have a discrete graphics card, but that's because it lacks any kind of integrated video.
Integrated graphics sucked in the past, but nowadays they offer features that used to be a luxury, including accelerated video and even good performance on some 3D games. I agree that for "office" tasks there's little need for something else, unless you have some very old or very new monitor with no connector types in common, or really don't want to spare a few dozen MBs of memory for video. Not to mention you'll decrease your power consumption too.

Funny i was just looking on Canada Computers site for a ssd drive, and just took a peek at the new CPU's, and it seems that most of them now don't even offer built in GPU's, basically forcing you to get separate video cards.
I looked when you said Visual Novels?? Thinking WTF is that!! interesting you are into that, but if i was into that i would have a laptop hooked up to a humongous TV screen, and or being mobile using a Tablet or some sorts A tower PC would be overkill , and still have it hooked up to a monster TV
My one son luvs playing these interactive games where you have puzzles and stuff to solve or like nerd jeopardy, and you use your Cell Phones to play??
I glance at the TV screen as he has his friends over and they play it in the room where my Download PC is in, It is interesting, but i still prefer Donkey Kong or Rory Mcilroy PGA golf.
I always like to look at power consumption, but after a while it is really impossible to get around when you are running a media server and really having TV's running all the time, then you add surround sound with powered subs and shit!!! power consumption just goes out the window!!!

[Gribley]

...and this would be when you stick in a odroid or Pi server to do all the crap for you off a 2.4A USB adaptor

setup your Sabnzbd, Deluge and a samba share... also mini-dlna for audio streams in my case and you can offload all your download and share issues onto a box that costs £50, is silent and handy to stick up in the loft/attic