Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard DriveĮVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 MotherboardĬorsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantĬooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler The X bracket requires you to remove these retention bars and install standoffs that are included with the X bracket. One type of bracket locks to the black retention bars above and below the socket. No matter what, you are using the default AM4 backplate that should have come preinstalled on your motherboard. There are two types of brackets, and you use one or the other. I'll leave this post up for future reference, as there is some confusing info about mounting this cooler to AM4 out there. Do as I say, not as I do.Ĭooler is now successfully installed. Install the cooler with just the motherboard sitting on a flat surface. I had installed the cooler with the motherboard already in the case. EDIT: Problem solved! Turns out the springs on the X bracket screws do all the work of holding the backplate in place!
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