FPS Dropping on brand new geforceGTX1060; worse than old 660

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Title pretty much says it all, I recently purchased what I assumed was going to be quite an upgrade in the form of an MSI geforce gtx 1060 card, and i'm experiencing pretty hefty and frequent fps drops in games as simple as Overwatch - on MEDIUM. This is clearly not right, so i've come looking for answers from someone more knowledgeable than myself.

Computer specs:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor, 3500 Mhz, 3 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1303, 3/19/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.24094"
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.98 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.02 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 7.08 GB
Page File Space 7.98 GB

Things that come to mind from my limited experience; i'm wondering if any of the other hardware is bottlenecking the gpu. The temperature is stable, never exceeds 64C even when fps is spiking; so I don't *think* that it would be a heating issue. Have the newest drivers on a clean driver install. Beyond that, I would really appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
 
Solution
Its a bottleneck with your CPU, either overclock it to reduce the bottleneck(even OC'd there will be one) or look to upgrading to a new 8thgen Intel or Ryzen 2. Both will require a new motherboard and new DDR4 RAM.
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At the time of copying those specs I had Overwatch and MSI Afterburner running.

Also I had a feeling it might've been a CPU issue, been looking into upgrades recently. How would I go about OCing my CPU until then?
 
Not sure with AMD, however im sure if you google AMD FX6300 overcloking there will be guides and videos you can follow. I would make sure if you do overclock that you have adequate cooling, most overclocks will quickly surpass the ability of stock coolers to keep up with the heat.
 
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I have upgraded my heatsink fankit to some decent aftermarket CoolerMaster stuff, so I think i'll be all right on that end, gonna go root around on google and see what I come up with. Thanks!