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That doesn't always help. If there is constant use of the hdds, they will malfunction very soon. The usual desktop hard drives are often not even build to handle 3 hours of sustained reading/writing from/to disk. I'ld suggest using as much RAM buffer as possible for torrent applications (minimizing disk access).
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Wouldl it matter if it was an external hard drive? I was abusing my external hd. It was running for nearly 4 months of straight disk writing.
Also, there are no file fragments on the external hd. whoopeee
I think my internal hd failed on me because I defragged it like 8 times that day and might have strained itself in the process.
[the effects was quite good too. my old computer was running almost 70% faster. shame]
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don't understand that part. When I download bittorrent I use 800Mbyte RAM cache and disk space preallocation (utorrent).
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I can configure how much ram I use, but would it still matter when I am using an external hd dedicated for downloads? I have crappy virtual memory less than 800 mb so it sucks T__T