qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2007
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- 17,865 (2.98/day)
- Location
- Quantum Well UK
System Name | Quantumville™ |
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Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
Keyboard | Yes |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
uTorrent is a decent program and I've used it for years, but it was time for it to finally go because of those ads.
Ran it today and saw that the ads had been enabled again due to an automatic update. I then had to faff around yet again with the advanced options to get rid of them. However, it's not just the presence of the ads and having to remove them that got me. No it was the kind of ads, scammy get rich quick ones which constantly pulsate and animate in those really annoying attention-grabbing ways. If they had been honest ads and most importantly not animated, I would have been happy to keep using uTorrent and have them displayed.
I questioned why I wanted to support a company that is willing to be associated with the kind of shady people who would run ads like that, even if they invented the bittorrent protocol and quickly decided that I didn't.
I then did a bit of googling for other bittorrent clients, checked out some reviews and found BitComet. It's free, has lots of features and good reviews. Tried it, looks good so I'm gonna stay with this for now. In particular, it has a smart bandwidth management feature which helps to maximise the download rate.
Do you have suggestions for a better client?
www.bitcomet.com
Ran it today and saw that the ads had been enabled again due to an automatic update. I then had to faff around yet again with the advanced options to get rid of them. However, it's not just the presence of the ads and having to remove them that got me. No it was the kind of ads, scammy get rich quick ones which constantly pulsate and animate in those really annoying attention-grabbing ways. If they had been honest ads and most importantly not animated, I would have been happy to keep using uTorrent and have them displayed.
I questioned why I wanted to support a company that is willing to be associated with the kind of shady people who would run ads like that, even if they invented the bittorrent protocol and quickly decided that I didn't.
I then did a bit of googling for other bittorrent clients, checked out some reviews and found BitComet. It's free, has lots of features and good reviews. Tried it, looks good so I'm gonna stay with this for now. In particular, it has a smart bandwidth management feature which helps to maximise the download rate.
Do you have suggestions for a better client?
www.bitcomet.com