They most likely bought it brand new and it came with it.
My new Corsair MP510 960GB came with ECFM22.5 and using the corsair toolbox it shows both 12.3 (my older MP510) and 22.5 (new MP510) as the "latest" without any new updates.
Apparently there is ECFM22.5 floating around, Corsair last month said it was a bug with the updater but some people have uploaded on userbench that show the 22.5.
The one from Phison works with all but I havent tried it, I heard it made some performance lower but I'm not too sure.
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f227/ssd-kaufberatung-informationsthread-diskussion-bitte-lesen-666902-695.html
I'd probably backup was well, could be destructive.
Some...
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236477
Price drop on Corsair version if anyones interested. 5 year warranty/1700TBW. $134 USD, 960GB because its factory over-provisioned. Comes with 12.2 firmware.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236477
These are back in stock for those who want the 5 year/1700TWB (60,000miles/powertrain/engine:LOL:) warranty.
Not the better deal in terms of price ($149.99 USD) but you have that name brand/warranty/piece of mind etc... (if...
Oh thanks man! I appreciate it!
I might just go with the Corsair MP510 or the BPX Pro when it comes in stock just for the 5 year warranty/1700TBW :LOL:
Since Microcenter wont deliver to me (APO) even w/ verified address I get an error. I'm looking at Sabrent ($149.99) or SP ($139.99) from Amazon then slapping on a heatsink.
Theres also CFD I can get in 1-2days but it comes out like $175 w/ heatsink...
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