BXBoards.com closing down

[IaPuP]

Hey,

It's been over 3 years, but we've decided to close BXBoards indefinately. Since I've recieved so many emails from readers anxious to check out my Radeon All In Wonder review that I've been promising, I'll go ahead and put that together, however I don't know if BXBoards.com will be around after March 22.

Andy also has a couple of more motherboards that he'll review as well.

You can check out Andy's official 'letter of resignation' on the index of the site.
BXBoards.com

We regret having to do this, but our advertisers haven't been paying, our host keeps dropping us with extra bandwidth charges (we've used 60GB this month) and AirMail between Andy and I keeps getting lost. We've lost $600 worth of hardware in the past 2 months because of AirMail not making it across the Atlantic ocean (he's in the UK, I'm in the US).

So, with regrets, we've been forced to close since neither of us has the time, nor the spare cash to keep the site running. Blame UGO.com, blame the PostalService, blame CIHosts or Pair.com. Whoever you blame, there isn't much we can do about it right now.

I won't disspear from the scene. I'm looking for a 'job' elsewhere and I may be popping up rather close to home. =-)

FYI, if we manage to keep the site up beyond March 22, we should maintain about 500,000 hits per month even without new content for months on end...

Best wishes,
Eric Hagen
Assistant Editor/Webmaster
BXBoards.com
"The UKs largest source of hardware news and reviews"

 

[IaPuP]

So much more reaction in the "Hardware news" section.

interesting. =-)

 

[max105]

sucks...sorry to hear about that. i always liked reading about motherboards, esp the BX.

 

[classy]

Yea this is a huge loss. He was without question one the most unbiased people in reviewing hardware. I always relied on his guidance with a couple others when making motherboard purchases. What a shame .

 

[IaPuP]

Andy and I won't be dissapearing.

We've already had a potential offer to keep BXBoards up longer and both of us plan to work elsewhere if the site doesn't recover.

Eric

 

[conlan]

sorry to hear that , i always found BXboards a top-notch site and sourced it often. hope yall can find a way to keep it going. good luck to yall.

 

[4824guy]

Sorry to hear about another good web site leaving us. BXboards.com was a great source of info and reviews.

 

[spencer]

Bummer. I always like their motherboard reviews.

 

[kingink]

Sorry to hear about losing another site. When you surface elsewhere please post a message on anandtech as bxboards provided good reviews.
kingink

 

[rexfalk]

I've enjoyed your site very much and always considered it a reliable source of information. Best of luck on your new endeavors !

Rex

 

[MadAd]

bummer visited that many a time in me early days of bx learning .. one of the better sites out there .. thank you for keeping it alive as long as you did