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Hi all,

I just build a new PC and installed everything regarding UseNet downloading again.

I notice that when I download through UseNet I reach a max of 4,5MB/sec, where I use to download with 12,2MB/sec on my old hardware.

When I run a speedtest I reach download speeds up to 118Mbit with the new hardware. Network adapter settings show i am on Gbit LAN.

Some additional information:

ISP: Ziggo (120Mbit)
Usenet Provider: LightningUsenet Premium (100Mbit max DL speed)
SabNZBd settings: 7 DL connections, article cache = -1

Are there any options I can check which might improve the DL speed?

What kind of hardware is it?
Which OS?
Are the SABnzbd settings exactly the same as on the previous box?

shypike wrote:What kind of hardware is it?
Which OS?
Are the SABnzbd settings exactly the same as on the previous box?

Hardware is:

i5 2500K @ 4,5Ghz
8GB DDR3 CL7 1333 RAM (Dual)
Radeon HD 6970
OCZ Solid 3 120GB SSD
WD Caviar Black 1TB 64MB cache connected @ Sata600

OS: Windows 7 x64 SP1.

Settings are the same, the only non-standard settings i had on my previous rig were the article cache. They are both set to -1. Other difference is the SP1 on Windows 7. My previous setup had Windows 7 without SP1.

When I run a speed test now, I receive a solid 122Mbit DL speed. That leaves 3 options open:
- SabNZBd setting
- LightningUsenet issues
- Hardware issues (altough new hardware is much faster as previous)

Do you have some sort of "advanced" (aka more troublesome) firewall or virus scanner?
I test on Windows 7 x64, SP1 with an SSD and a harddisk.
No problems getting the max speed of 11MBytes/sec here.
I don't use the SSD for temp storage, that's all for the harddisk (but that should not matter anyway).

shypike wrote:Do you have some sort of "advanced" (aka more troublesome) firewall or virus scanner?
I test on Windows 7 x64, SP1 with an SSD and a harddisk.
No problems getting the max speed of 11MBytes/sec here.
I don't use the SSD for temp storage, that's all for the harddisk (but that should not matter anyway).

I use the Windows Firewall together with Microsoft Security Essentials. Default configuration, nothing special.

Is there any way to 'speed test' my UseNet provider, apart from using SabNZBd?

Ziggo has it's own newsserver (see https://www.ziggo.nl/#producten/interne ... wsservice/). What happens when you use that newwserver (and only that newsserver) with 4 threads: which speed do you get?

Boxee wrote: Is there any way to 'speed test' my UseNet provider, apart from using SabNZBd?

Try Grabit.