Gaming Best torrent program?

[Guild McCommunist]

So, I've been a stout believer in not using torrents. I have no idea why, but I just have. However, games have been harder and harder to find that aren't torrents, so I may finally have to turn to this.

So, what is the best program for torrents? Torrent programs are freeware, so no warez here. I went to download BitTorrent and it tried to install 2 nasty viruses on my system (which my anti-virus quarantined immediately), so I just want something safe. What's the best option?

Also, no warez or torrent sites here. It's in the rules.

 

[Dermy]

uTorrent is what I use. Gets the job done. Very small file size too.

 

[asdf]

I use uTorrent. http://www.utorrent.com/ It's nice and doesn't take up much space.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I downloaded uTorrent, as suggested. I'll give it a go, thanks guys.

 

[Vidboy10]

BitTorrent is the Best
uTorrent is slow as fuck.

 

[53l3c7a]

Ahem.. slow? You must not have configured your ports in uTorrent. I have mine CAPPED at 800k/s, so on average I can grab 700mb in 15 min. Not slow. The best is kTorrent, but it only runs in KDE

 

[Joe88]

µtorrent > all

 

[da_head]

bittorrent and utorrent are the same thing. both good

 

[luke_c]

I myslef use µtorrent, but i only torrent for Movies and music, JDownloader's good for everything else.

 

[chA1nBull3t]

utorrent is very simple and low key resource wise but is quite amazing as it comes with all the goodies that are essential to a good download.

 

[juggernaut911]

JDownloader + uTorrent = lurv

 

[da_head]

oo neat. jdownloader looks cool.

 

[prowler]

Limewire Pro ftw :3

 

[Shakraka]

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[Satangel]

JDownloader + uTorrent = lurv

This.
I don't need anything more, this does everything I want

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Yeah, this is gonna come off being a noob question.

So I go to download an ISO for A Boy and His Blob with uTorrent. Unfortunately, my download speed for it is like, at most, 6-8kb/s. How do I make it faster? Is it the site (which I won't give away, but it's a very common one) or do I need to fiddle with settings? Mind you I've never used torrents in my life so I'm not as adept to this stuff as you guys.

 

[Langin]

Yeah, this is gonna come off being a noob question.

So I go to download an ISO for A Boy and His Blob with uTorrent. Unfortunately, my download speed for it is like, at most, 6-8kb/s. How do I make it faster? Is it the site (which I won't give away, but it's a very common one) or do I need to fiddle with settings? Mind you I've never used torrents in my life so I'm not as adept to this stuff as you guys.

tried to open port or whatever doesnt works... and you see youre trackers maybe one is dead thatll stop youre download(or nearly)

 

[Maikel Steneker]

Ahem.. slow? You must not have configured your ports in uTorrent. I have mine CAPPED at 800k/s, so on average I can grab 700mb in 15 min. Not slow. The best is kTorrent, but it only runs in KDE

Indeed, both KTorrent and uTorrent are really good.

 

[myuusmeow]

Yeah, this is gonna come off being a noob question.

So I go to download an ISO for A Boy and His Blob with uTorrent. Unfortunately, my download speed for it is like, at most, 6-8kb/s. How do I make it faster? Is it the site (which I won't give away, but it's a very common one) or do I need to fiddle with settings? Mind you I've never used torrents in my life so I'm not as adept to this stuff as you guys.

Make sure there is a high seeder-leecher ratio. EG: if there's 1 seeder uploading at 60kb/s and 15 leechers, each will only get 4kb/s download speed. Therefore it's important to pick torrents with a lot of seeders.

 

[Sonicandtails]

Yeah, this is gonna come off being a noob question.

So I go to download an ISO for A Boy and His Blob with uTorrent. Unfortunately, my download speed for it is like, at most, 6-8kb/s. How do I make it faster? Is it the site (which I won't give away, but it's a very common one) or do I need to fiddle with settings? Mind you I've never used torrents in my life so I'm not as adept to this stuff as you guys.

Make sure there is a high seeder-leecher ratio. EG: if there's 1 seeder uploading at 60kb/s and 15 leechers, each will only get 4kb/s download speed. Therefore it's important to pick torrents with a lot of seeders.

You're forgetting that you leech from leechers as well, so you can still get a decent speed. But yes, it mostly depends on the seeder/leecher ratio. Try a private tracker, you'll regularly find 200:1 ratio torrents. Public trackers have always, and will always be slow.