The Noctua NH-U12S CPU Cooler Installation Guide for AMD's AM4 Platform

In this video, I show you how to install the popular Noctua NH-U12S CPU cooler on the AMD AM4 platform.

Here's the link to the Chromax.black edition of the NH-U12S cooler that I used: https://amzn.to/3fq6eY0
And here's a link to the standard NH-U12S (brown edition): https://amzn.to/3fpVrNh

For reference, here are the other components used in this video:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - https://amzn.to/37hj7iM
Motherboard: ASUS X470 ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) - https://amzn.to/2OEKD2W
Thermal Paste: Noctua NT-H2 10g - https://amzn.to/3blPPAK
GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 - https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=10G-P5-3885-KR&associatecode=J45HKU1STKHTH3H
RAM: Patriot 2x8GB Viper RGB DDR4-3600 C17: https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=WAzU8cLhuCU&mid=44583&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2Fpatriot-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram%2Fp%2F0RN-002U-00145
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 The U12S vs. U12s chromax.black
00:50 Make sure you have the AM4 bracket!
02:03 Installing the Bracket
04:32 Applying Thermal Paste
04:55 Affixing the Heatsink
05:35 Attaching the Fan
06:01 Attaching the Fan Cable
06:26 Final Looks
06:39 Another Look at the Thermal Paste Application
06:55 Conclusion