MicroCenter branded SSD. Who actually makes it?

[videopho]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0351760

Spec look pretty good to me so I just bought one for SSD caching.

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Specifications
Features SandForce SF-1222 Controller; Static wear-leveling technology; TRIM command support; RAID support; 4K write (Aligned): 50,000 IOPS
Color Black
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA 3.0Gb/s
Architecture Multi Level Cell
Capacity 64GB
Controller SandForce SF-1222 processor
Read Speed Up to 280MBps
Write Speed Up to 270MBps
RAID Levels Supported RAID 0

 

[IGemini]

IIRC, they're rebranded A-Data S599 drives.

 

[videopho]

If it is then users reviews are a mixed bag as opposed to those from the more experts.
I'm going to find out myself when using it as my caching SSD soon.

 

[nanaki333]

igemini is correct, they're a-data. you can even get the a-data firmware flashed to them, since microcenter isn't really eager to update it themselves.

 

[BladeVenom]

How are the A-Data drives?

 

[Emulex]

crappy sandforce with bugs . got a pair in raid-0 working great though. some chipsets have sleep issues (my older g31/g33 does)

 

[videopho]

For $71 + tax I just bit last night.
Caching it with my gaming HDD (WD 1TB Black Caviar) seems working great.
My flight sim game FSx which has the most ridiculously long load time ever in any PC games now only takes 31s by the the time I click "play" as compared to 1-2 minutes.
I have not yet benchmark'ed the other games but HD Tune benchmarks show some great numbers, mostly impressive is the access time right around 0.1ms.