High memory and CPU while torrents download to NAS

Do you mean the window is really minimized (as in open, on the taskbar, still showing the folder, but minimised via the __ button), or that no windows are open?

Could you have a look at the change events Opus is receiving to see if there's anything unusual there? The Debugging section near the bottom of this post has instructions: Changes to folders are not being detected

Making a few process snapshots while the CPU usage is happening and sending them to us may also reveal something: Manually generating process snapshots