Question 1

Is this compatible with a SATELLITE M645-S4114?

Accepted Answer

Hello Ross,

Yes it is. The SATELLITE series uses a normal 2.5 hard drive.
However if your looking for speed I would look into a solid state drive, otherwise this will work just fine.

Question 2

will this work with the PS4, it needs to be 9.5 mm thick?

Accepted Answer

The dimensions for a laptop HDD in order to upgrade a HDD or to install an SSD in a PS3 or PS4 the drive MUST be a  laptop HDD / SSD.   These drives measure 2.5" with a height of 9.5 mm or SMALLER.  DO NOT GET A 15mm drive THEY ARE TOO TALL TO FIT INTO THE CONSOLE'S HDD BAY.

Also a PS3 runs on SATA I (3.0gbs) & a PS4 runs on SATA II (6.0gbs) but BOTH consoles require the drive to be 5400 RPMs in order to be stable & not overheat or run into a power draw issue, (WHICH WILL FRY YOUR CONSOLE)

Currently 1TB is the largest laptop HDD you can install in a PS3 / PS4 until the new Seagate / Samsung Spinpoint M9T's (which boast to be a stable 2TB or larger) are available to the public & not just for new laptop manufacturers.   It will likely be much later this year before that happens though.

Question 3

What's the actual throughput of this drive in MB/s for both reading, and writing? I can't find a benchmark anywhere.

Accepted Answer

the specifications page should show, if it does not, compare it to another product of the same SATA type, and RPM

Question 4

Will this drive work in a MAC BOOK PRO 17in model A1225?

Accepted Answer

It should be OK, but due to the proprietary way Apple does everything, I would purchase only from their published list of approved drives, which you should be able to find on their website.

Question 5

Is this backwards compatible to sata port 1?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the only difference is the speed @ 1.5gb/second so load time, read/write to hard drive slower than with sata ii (3 GB/sec) or data Iii (,6 GB/sec).

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