Inside MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex) – disassembly and upgrade options

This device’s bottom panel is held in place by 13 Phillips-head screws. After you undo them, pry the panel with a plastic tool, and remove it from the chassis.

2. Battery

We are impressed by the 90Wh battery pack, this laptop comes with.

3. Мemory and storage

Memory-wise, you get two RAM SODIMM slots for up to 64GB in total, working in dual-channel. As for the storage, you get two M.2 PCIe x4 slots.

4. Cooling system

Finally, there is the cooling. MSI uses only two heat pipes for the CPU. On the other hand, the graphics card is cooled by three heat pipes, two of which are also used to cool the VRMs. There is an additional heat pipe for the graphics memory.

Check out all MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex) in-depth review

Okay guys, prepare for something big today - we have our first take on the RDNA 2 architecture. The laptop in question is the MSI Alpha 15 (B5Ex), and it's equipped with the Radeon RX 6600M. Indeed, this is not a top dog of a graphics card, but it should be comparable to the RTX 3060 to some extent.Of course, you will need a powerful CPU in order to eliminate any bottleneck opportunity. This is why for the time being, MSI offers its device only with the Ryzen 7 5800H. This means that MSI is once again into entirely AMD builds. However, before we start, we want to talk a bit about the lapt[...]

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Pros

Two SODIMM slots, two M.2 PCIe x4 slot
Rigid structure
Lacks PWM (AUO B156HAN08.0 (AUO80ED))
93% sRGB coverage and accurate colors with our Gaming and Web design profile (AUO B156HAN08.0 (AUO80ED))
Fast pixel response times and 144Hz refresh rate (AUO B156HAN08.0 (AUO80ED))
Powerful hardware
Good battery life