MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with Adata SP900 (Sandforce SF-2281) SSD ?

[PostmanPot]

Hi all

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with Adata SP900 (Sandforce SF-2281) SSD, are these fully compatible?

I remember there being problems with Sandforce-based SSDs and poor performance on MacBooks.

Will these be OK together? It's a modern SP900 256GB, brand new. Apparently, perhaps/hopefully in the past only, there were firmware issues and Adata did not or took ages to release updates?

 

[slvR]

Bought my SP900 for my 2013 (or which ever year it was before they started soldering them in) Pro, works fine. Don't know about older macs. You get yours (SSD) from Esquire?

 

[PostmanPot]

Bought my SP900 for my 2014 Pro, works fine. Don't know about older macs. You get yours (SSD) from Esquire?

Nope I didn't. I don't think performance was all that great, my 2014 rMBP felt faster, though I didn't use the machine much. Really expected more from synchronous SSD, but it could very well just be the issue of some Sandforce controllers on older MBPs.

 

[slvR]

Nope I didn't. I don't think performance was all that great, my 2014 rMBP felt faster, though I didn't use the machine much. Really expected more from synchronous SSD, but it could very well just be the issue of some Sandforce controllers on older MBPs.

Mine works fine. Don't push it with much though, it's just a meme viewing machine now. Could be a firmware issue or could just be a worse/older batch.

 

[PostmanPot]

Mine works fine. Don't push it with much though, it's just a meme viewing machine now. Could be a firmware issue or could just be a worse/older batch.

I was helping a mate with a reinstall who picked up the Adata SP900 at a good price (I recommended Samsung). Unpacking DMGs honestly did not feel that much more snappier than on a 5,400 RPM HDD. I'm sure day to day use is much better though.

 

[slvR]

I was helping a mate with a reinstall who picked up the Adata SP900 at a good price (I recommended Samsung). Unpacking DMGs honestly did not feel that much more snappier than on a 5,400 RPM HDD. I'm sure day to day use is much better though.

+1 on Samsung, my 850 Evo is > but yea the ADATA is fine for casual browsing. I got it for the sole purpose of not having a disk spinning at 7200RPM while I move around.


As for unpacking DMGs, don't have a 5400RPM to compare with so I can't comment on that.

 

[PostmanPot]

+1 on Samsung, my 850 Evo is > but yea the ADATA is fine for casual browsing. I got it for the sole purpose of not having a disk spinning at 7200RPM while I move around.


As for unpacking DMGs, don't have a 5400RPM to compare with so I can't comment on that.

It's probably just coincidental that Adata/SF SSDs used to give issues in the past.

For example, I remember supplying an SP900 years ago for a MBP, the MBP refused it. Only when we changed to Transcend would it work. Both were SF, the same ones, IIRC.