Steam download speed slow on newly built PC - Wireless

arklos

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Hi, i just built my new pc and its working great except for the download speed. I used to get around 40Mb/s on speedtest.net, no i get 10. In steam when downloading my peak download used to be around 7.6Mb/s but not it struggles to reach 3. When i a dowloading from steam the download speed fluctuates alot, going from 1Mb to 3Mb. I have installed all the latest drivers but i still dont have my old download speed.

Specs:
Asus M5A78L-M usb3
4gb DDR3 1600Mhz
GTX 650 OC - 2gb GDDR5
TP-link TLWN821N wireless adapter

I have tried plugging the adapter into USB 3.0 and 2.0, no difference. I have changed the steam server location that i download from, no difference. I have tried TCP optimizer, no diffference. I have tried going into gpedit.msc and changing the bandwidth, no difference. So here i am, can anyone help? Thanks!
 

Jake Thorn

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This may be a result of your ISP capping your bandwidth, its likely not your hardware at fault. I know my downloads reach 15MBps when I run a speed test and download at the same time, but goes down to ~6MBps as soon as the test stops. What is your ISP?
 

Jake Thorn

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That's "up to" 60MBps, not what you are guaranteed. Especially if it fluctuates. Shut down your computer remove the network card turn it on, back off, then put the card in again and see if that changes it at all, but my guess is its your ISP.
 

arklos

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Ok , I will try , currently its installing 132 updates so the driver may be being properly installed now. I will see what happened after these updates. Thanks
 

arklos

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No, it hasn't worked , at one point I have 4Mb/s but its gone down to 2 again. What settings are the best when downloading (eg. Channel, 300/150mb? Thanks
 

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