I am looking for a new processor. I am looking at AMD processors and would like to know if I should get the black EDITION or standard edition. I believe the black editions are more for overclocking. Can anyone educate me on this matter.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103686
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300The only difference is that the Black Editions have an unlocked multiplier, which is for overclocking.
If you don't plan on overclocking, there's no difference between them.
Hope this helps.I recently purchased a new motherboard that has a lot of OC features, I know that I am going to want to toy with them. I Should be looking for a black edition processor. Thanks for your help.
You're welcome.
Good luck with the overclocking.Actually I will probably be coming to you guys to help me with it. I plan on having it ready for this weekend, providing all goes according to plan. I am going to order the processor today. If there are no shipping hangups I should have it by Friday. Just be careful with the OC, start small. Run it for a while, keep an eye on errors and instabilities.I will be careful, I am going to try not to rush it. I bought a new ASUS motherboard and received it today. It has LOADS of overclocking features, most of which I have never used. It is going to be a good learning experience. I did order a AM2+ 2.7 kuma black processor this morning which should MAKE it here by Friday. I will be staying in touch with all of you because I know I will have LOTS of questions. I will list the hardware.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131362
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209

I think it should give me a decent overclock. The only part I am waiting on is the processor.Don't know if you already have an aftermarket cooler but it's something you may want to consider. I'm not sure how hot those chips get, so I don't know if you'll need a better cooler or not, that's maybe something you can decide later when you get started.
Other than that I can't really comment, I've not overclocked an AMD system and I don't know modern AMD hardware that well so I can't give an opinion on your choices.I do have an aftermarket cooler, it is not a higher end cooler, but I think that it should do OK. It is a discontinued Thermaltake model I got from new egg(open box). My second open box cooler from them and they have both been perfect. It has a copper base and the copper tubes running through it. I would say it is probably one step above stock.