Gtx 1080 20% utilization. Low fps

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Hey guys, I built this computer almost a year ago and haven't touched it the past 6 months. Before i left, i could get 200+ fps at 100 render and medium to high settings in overwatch, but recently after moving to a new apartment and bringing my computer with me, i wasn't getting the same fps as before even after updating all my drivers, so I tried a factory reset and redownloaded all the drivers, but now I'm getting even worse fps than before the reset. Around 80-100 fps with 75% render and all low settings in overwatch. I'm getting 20% usage on GPU in game and around 50% usage on CPU in game. I really don't know what to do now because I already tried factory resetting. Also, dont know if this could be a cause, but my air and pump fans are running about 3x faster than before even on quiet mode. Any help is appreciated :)

As for specs:
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/LeeSingedra/saved/
 
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You have to ask yourself what has changed in six months since you used it, I would say dust and many updated drivers for everything in your computer. If it sat for six months it probably needs a good cleaning. Be aggressive with cleaning your psu, cooler radiator and all cooling fans ETC. And update all those annoying drivers.
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Are you talking about maximum performance in power settings? If so I have tried that, but there doesn't seem to be any changes. edit: oh i just looked up the PCIEX you were talking about. It was already off.
 

shknawe

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You have to ask yourself what has changed in six months since you used it, I would say dust and many updated drivers for everything in your computer. If it sat for six months it probably needs a good cleaning. Be aggressive with cleaning your psu, cooler radiator and all cooling fans ETC. And update all those annoying drivers.
 
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