I do have to say trying anything for a couple months is certainly a lot of work, as in if you wanted to move all those threads to the general thread - thats easy. However if you wanted to move them back - it would require moving each individual post by hand - so its not the sort of thing we can easily trial unless when/if the hardware thread is remade its left empty and has to be repopulated by users.

How about a sticky in the hardware thread to help keep it on topic and help stop so many questions that should be going in the general thread so its used as designed?

I personally largely agree with Nem0nic on this issue that piling the threads together will make information difficult to find in comparison to how it is now.

Personally i think making the "New Posts" link more visible would help combat the situation alot

This is DjTechTools after all, so i really do think Dj Hardware really does deserve its own thread.