mulkornkidjuicy

I bought and replaced the gtx 1060 through amazon, so I think it is the cpu.

Should I replace with stock cpu cooler and see what happens??

The cpu and gpu and the new cpu cooler the seidon 120v which has been causing my problems

Yes.

Yes.

Yes that is what the settings were on, I turned them down to get better performance. Its at 71 fps dips down to 50 fps when driving.

Yes that is what the settings were on, I turned them down to get better performance.

I have The 6gb variant card running on a 1080p monitor without obs installed

at 96 percent usage the gpu temps were at 34 degrees in gta v

Yes, I just realised that was not technically correct and please excuse my lack of knowledge. I am playing game such as gta 5 and witcher 3. All ultra and veryhigh settings with anti-aliasing enabled.

Yes the games are on the hdd, however when I moved one over to the ssd, I still got fps drops as there was little space left.

To be honest I do not know I shall check my temps in game and see.

cpu.

Yes, they never go above 45 according to msi afterburner.

Oh and the ram is 2 x 8gb sticks.