Is there a Possible bottleneck? 1060 3GB FX-8350

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Okay so I recently upgraded my GPU from the 750Ti to the 1060 3GB as I thought the GPU was bottlenecking the CPU however in most games there is still a frame drop. The frame rate is around 80-100 in GTA 5 for example then just drops to 50 for a brief period then instantly goes back up to the high frame rate is there anyway I can fix this issue? Thanks! :D

Also, I have disabled the possible issues in the bios like AMD Turbo thing, C6 State and Q-Fan.

Specs:
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M USB3
CPU: FX-8350@4.4GHz
GPU: GTX 1060 3GB
RAM: 8GB 1600MHz
Storage: 1TB HDD
OS: Windows 7 SP1
 
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Supernova1138
There's a very good chance you're running into VRM throttling. Your board has weak power delivery and probably can't handle the FX 8350's power draw. Try monitoring your CPU clockspeed while gaming, you'll probably see your CPU clockspeed reduce at the same time as you get your framerate drops. The only real way to fix the issue is to get a better motherboard that can handle the FX 8350's power draw, all of which are full sized ATX, so I hope you don't have a minitower case or anything that only takes MicroATX boards like the one you have. Underclocking and undervolting your CPU or trying to mount an extra fan to blow air over the VRMs are other stop-gap solutions that might help.
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There's a very good chance you're running into VRM throttling. Your board has weak power delivery and probably can't handle the FX 8350's power draw. Try monitoring your CPU clockspeed while gaming, you'll probably see your CPU clockspeed reduce at the same time as you get your framerate drops. The only real way to fix the issue is to get a better motherboard that can handle the FX 8350's power draw, all of which are full sized ATX, so I hope you don't have a minitower case or anything that only takes MicroATX boards like the one you have. Underclocking and undervolting your CPU or trying to mount an extra fan to blow air over the VRMs are other stop-gap solutions that might help.
 
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I'm not sure how to find a compatible motherboard can you link me one please?

 
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