http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/15/aurora.with.phenom.9850/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/15-aurora-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware recently updated its Aurora gaming desktop to include an upgrade option for the AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition processors, which feature the latter company's HyperTransport technology. The Phenom 9850 is a quad-core processor that provides users increased system bandwidth and true multitasking, while also supporting up to four ATI CrossFireX video cards. In addition, users can run either ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/15/aurora.with.phenom.9850/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/19/phenom.9600.black.edition/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/amdphenom.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD has begun shipping OEM units of the Phenom 9600 Black Edition, a special version of the company's flagship quad-core processor. Like the regular CPU, each Black Edition is rated at 2.3GHz, with a 3.6GHz HyperTransport bus and 2MB L2 and L3 caches. The difference is that the Black Edition is effectively "unlocked," ready for overclocking past 2.3GHz without having to adjust power ratings. Th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/19/phenom.9600.black.edition/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:40:00 GMT