I am certainly no expert but lowendtalk.com is only PR 3 and lowendbox.com is only PR 4. They may get some traffic, but $10K seems like a lot.
Then again, there was some talk about the ads bringing in $3000/mo.
I wonder how much CC paid to buy this headache.
Wasn't the original sale (LEA->Chief) something like $5000 or $10000? I remember it being an amazing figure for a relatively low-volume board.