Building Desktop PC for Torrenting

[Satyajit Mishra]

Here are the things that I want from the torrenting desktop pc:
1, Build it solely for torrenting
2. Not to use as a media center or htpc
3. Check the downloaded torrents (audio/video test)
4. Occasionally browse torrent sites
5. Use it 24x7

I have selected a few hardware i.e. AMD Sempron 2650 APU Processor (37.29 USD), MSI AM1I Motherboard (29.83 USD), any 4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (22.37 USD) & any 450W PSU (7.45 USD), I am planning on using Ubuntu; as its light weight. I don't mind if its quiet or loud, but I need it to be in optimal or cool temperatures all the time. I want to use either a miniATX case or an open test bench

Does anyone has any suggestions regarding this topic i.e. a better and or cheaper cpu, mobo etc?

 

[g-unit1111]

What are you torrenting? If it's copyrighted content (music / movies / games / etc) we can't help you here.

 

[Satyajit Mishra]

What are you torrenting? If it's copyrighted content (music / movies / games / etc) we can't help you here.

I am not torrenting any copyrighted materials. BTW whenever I post about torrenting, why does everyone always think that it can only be used for piracy or illegal downloads? There are a lot of stuff on the torrent that can be downloaded with resumable capability. Resumable download is a blessing for me because I live in India; where the internet is highly unreliable.
FYI I use torrent mostly for downloading linux distros & upload my own.

 

[Xuebao61]

We have to ask because that's what people are usually doing with it. A lot of people post about piracy related torrenting. If I had a dollar for every "get me free Windows" post, I'd have... quite a few dollars.

 

[Satyajit Mishra]

So now thats out of the way i.e. I AM NOT USING TORRENT FOR PIRACY OR ILLEGAL PURPOSES. Can we please get back to the topic at hand:
6. Is the above mentioned spec okay for downloading torrent 24x7?
7. Is there a more cheap option to do so?

FYI I am not going to use Raspberry Pie as they are of ARM architecture & due to their small size, they might heat up over times. And I don't think they can withstand 24x7 usage. I am definitely going to use a Linux distro as the OS not android or any other windows OSs.

 

[ComputerSecurityGuy]

Ah, so you are setting up a torrent server for legit things like Linux ISOs, free software and such. Well, I would have an Athlon 5350, say, since it's cheap and low power. I might stick 16GB of RAM in, it goes for about $55 cheapest these days. If you want to sink the money into the project, you could store most torrent files on a ramdisk, instead of giving a HDD/SSD serious wear. Otherwise cheapest possible case, half decent motherboard and drive plus a SeaSonic 300W PSU and you should be fine.

 

[Satyajit Mishra]

Ah, so you are setting up a torrent server for legit things like Linux ISOs, free software and such. Well, I would have an Athlon 5350, say, since it's cheap and low power. I might stick 16GB of RAM in, it goes for about $55 cheapest these days. If you want to sink the money into the project, you could store most torrent files on a ramdisk, instead of giving a HDD/SSD serious wear. Otherwise cheapest possible case, half decent motherboard and drive plus a SeaSonic 300W PSU and you should be fine.

Yes legit torrenting.
Athelon 5350 is more expensive than Sempron 2650. Will sempron be slow for a linux distros? FYI I won't do any heavy usage on this system.
I don't think 16GB RAM is needed for torrenting on linux. I currently have an 8GB RAM on my system running Windows 10 OS. uTorrent works just fine. So I think 4GB RAM can easily handle torrent clients on linux.
RAMDISK & SSDs are too expensive for my needs. I need a long lasting HDD like WD Caviar Green.
I am thinking of building my own pc test bench.
Will 300W PSU be enough for my build (FYI I am not going to use a GPU).

 

[g-unit1111]

What are you torrenting? If it's copyrighted content (music / movies / games / etc) we can't help you here.

I am not torrenting any copyrighted materials. BTW whenever I post about torrenting, why does everyone always think that it can only be used for piracy or illegal downloads? There are a lot of stuff on the torrent that can be downloaded with resumable capability. Resumable download is a blessing for me because I live in India; where the internet is highly unreliable.
FYI I use torrent mostly for downloading linux distros & upload my own.

OK that's perfectly acceptable here. What is your system budget?

 

[ComputerSecurityGuy]

No, you don't need an Athlon 5350 but the price difference is marginal. The 16GB of RAM is just because RAMDISK seemed like an option. If you are only torrenting a few gigabytes of files just get a 8GB stick and ramdisk software. A 300W PSU is more than enough, and a WD Green would work for mass storage. If you aren't using ramdisk software you can use 4GB, even.

 

[Satyajit Mishra]

My system budget is not set yet. But I want the cheapest system possible to torrent 24x7.
As I mentioned before, I am not going to do any heavy usage on it. I just want the linux distro to work smoothly on it.
FYI I live in India; here the price difference between anthelon & sempron is 1500 INR (22.35 USD). This is a lot as I want to build the cheapest possible system that works smoothly.
I already have a high-end system, on which I torrrent 24x7, so I want a secondary cheap system.
Thanks for the suggestion on RAM & HDD.
I just want to know how low Watts of PSU can run the system smoothly (Not going to use a GPU).

 

[ComputerSecurityGuy]

300W, there aren't really any great sub-300W options. There are a couple SeaSonic and Antec units for 300W running at about $30USD that I would recommend.