Reddit mentions of SATA 22 Pin Male to SATA 7 Pin and 15 Pin Female

Sorry, didn't mean to blow you off like that, I thought I responded to this.

I recently upgraded a couple of the programs I use quite often to 64 bit (SketchUp and VLC Player) and there is a very noticeable difference in how they perform, so I definitely would be looking for a 64 bit OS.

I was wondering if I could pick your brain about something, if not just ignore the following.

If I do ditch the Dell OS and motherboard, I was thinking that I could maybe still boot my HDD up with my laptop (which is also a Dell) and get certain things off of it that I can't with Ubuntu, like my favorites from Chrome. I found this adapter which would allow me to connect my desktop HDD to my laptop (I would power the drive with my desktop power supply), but I'm concerned about how my Dell OS will react to the laptop. Do you think that there's any chance that the OS would permanently lock down if I do this, or will it just refuse to boot if it doesn't like being on the laptop?

Sure, typed a long explanation along with pictures at the end.

I powered the hard drive using its own separate power source through a AC molex power adapter. The PS4 when turned off actually powers off the HDD which is great even tho it isn't on the same power source.

Coolerguys 100-240v AC to 12 & 5v DC 4pin Molex 2A Power Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGG6SC/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_dpJKxbZ5GQ24E

Since HDDs use SATA as their power port, I got a cable adapter to hook it up to the power.

StarTech.com SATAPOWADAPR 6-Inch 4 Pin Molex to Right Angle SATA Power Cable Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0047AAM1Q/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_qpJKxb0Q0PSJ4

I needed to find a 15 pin female connector without the sata part for the data part of the HDD (since the PS4 hooks the HDD with a 22 pin connector. Decided to get a splitter type cable and just shove the sata cable inside the space that the 2.5" HDD goes. Fit perfectly in.

SATA 22 Pin Male to SATA 7 Pin and 15 Pin Female https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C9NEY0S/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_6nJKxb4JA00CY

Lastly, I needed a very good yet relatively cheap HDD. Decided to go with this one because of its high cache which acts like a SSD in the sense that the cache is flash memory aka SSD speeds. 4 TB meant I'll never have to upgrade ever again (I install everything without worrying about space, even games I don't play, and still have ~2.4 TB left. That's a lot!). Enterprise drive gave it high read/write speeds which I was happy about.

Seagate 4TB Enterprise Capacity HDD 7200RPM SATA 6Gbps 128 MB Cache Internal Bare Drive (ST4000NM0033) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A45JEX0/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_xmJKxb01NC516

I've bought these back in August of 2015. I have had no major problems by running my PS4 this way however there's two things that I find as cons. The splitter for the 22 pin cable is fairly short in length so the HDD can only sit so far. I haven't looked into a extension type cable as I don't mind it for my setup but I think it's good to mention that.

The other con is that IF your console freezes, crashes, etc. and you need to either unplug the console or shutdown through button, you may need to reset your connections. By that I mean, turn off PS4, then unplug power and data cable, wait 2 seconds, plug back in power and data cable to HDD, and reconnect the PS4 and boot it. It will either start up right away or you have to wait roughly 3 minutes for it to do the "Checking system" because you did a hard shut down. It's happened to me enough times that I know no data will be corrupted by this and you shouldn't worry. I leave my HDD out in the open but you can enclose it if you'd like so long as you give it breathing room and don't block any holes on it.

Phew... What a long reply through my phone 🙂. And... pictures: http://imgur.com/a/tpQCo