I'm not very sure. On the MSI Claw 8 ai+ a modification was designed to install a 2280 SSD just like on the new MSI Claw 8 EX Ai+. In fact, it was positioned right ABOVE the heatpipe and none of the people who implemented the modification had problems in a year of use

The nvme disk is basically sitting on top of the CPU that can heat up to 100C during load (and will since this is a gaming unit). A storage flash chip is literally 2cm away from a heat source - a major design flaw, this will have huge negative impact on the storage and fast. Expect mass warranty claims in the next 6 - 12 months.

Really appreciate you guys running Cinebench 2024 on this brand new chip to show us what it's capable of! Thank you so much for doing that!