It is best to put memorry chip and heatsink/fan on first and visually check to make sure there is good contact between the heatsink and the core of the chip. I would recomend asembling all of this on ...
The Noctua NA-TPG1 is designed to stop you getting any goo lodged in the notches of your heatspreader when you apply thermal paste to your new AMD Socket AM5 CPU, acting as a thermal paste guard. AMD ...