Best utorrent Configuration

Best utorrent Configuration (Newbie guide)

Firstly uTorrentis my current fav torrent download software. Its the best software in smallest package.
Download: hxtp://download.utorrent.com/1.7.5/utorrent.exe (214kb)

After trying out many different settings I am just sharing my best configuration for utorrent. Obviously your best config may be different because of your network and hardware etc.

Coming stratight to the point, I have 450kb/s download with 100kb/s upload. You can check your speed from http://www.speedtest.net/ and make settings accordingly.

Options>Preferences:
Global maximum upload rate (kB/s) = 10
√ Allow incoming legacy connections
Global maximum number of connections = 128 (If you don't have bandwidth then more connections dont mean more speed)
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent = 16
Number of upload slots per torrent = 2
√ Use additional upload slots if upload speed < 90%
√ Enable DHT Network
√ Enable DHT for new torrents
√ Enable Peer Exchange
√ Enable scraping
√ Pre-allocate all files

Advanced Settings:
peer.lazy_bitfield = *true
net.max_halfopen = *40
peer.disconnect_inactive_interval = *600
diskio.write_queue_size = *2560
diskio.read_cache_size = *2560

I have doubled my speed after these settings. And please note that there is a 8fold difference in kilobit and kilobyte.(1kilobyte = 8 kilobits).It took me a while to understand the best settings so I am sharing with you. A well seeded torrent will download at speed of 18.