why not pinning a thread that contains only ASICs-related replies and only requires personal message if ever someone is interested on a person/user's reply on that thread. It would be pretty easier for the others to find goods in a single thread instead of having a child board for it.
Doesn't seem like something I would want to use, imagine 100 people selling 500 different items, and 1000 different members asking questions or negotiating prices about all those items in a single thread!
I do tend to agree to iasenko's idea, although that might be a bit confusing but still a lot better than just a single thread.
Theymos knows the best.
I don't really agree to this unless Theymos is a regular member of the computer hardware board, which I doubt:
, Theymos preaches consensus, he mostly does what the majority of members want, when I pm'ed him about this, he did not say Yes/No, he wanted to see if this request is rather popular and not just mine, which makes perfect sense, so if we get more people wanting the split, I am pretty sure theymos will grant it.