fx-6300 32 or 64 bit??? please help!

adza botchway

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So i am really confused as to whether the 6300 is a 64 bit or a 32 bit CPU because i built a pc for my friend the other week and he cant run gta V on it because he has a 32 bit OS but he will fix that soon enough, the odd thing is that when i checked if the cpu was a 32 or 64 bit CPU, it said x86, meaning 32 bit right...? i've also seen people say on this website that they are running a 64 bit OS with the apparently 32 bit cpu which i didn't know was possible? Do you need a 64 bit cpu to run with 64 bit OS or what? Im so confused, please help!
 


Ohhhhhhhhh okaayyy thank you so much! That clear up so much... wow! That explains why he is only allowed to used 2.1 gb's of the 8 that he has on his ram sticks!