Just to reinforce this idea a little bit, I went back to around the 18th-19th (just the beginning of this week) and these are what I got:
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72717.html (Desktop Or Laptop)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72666.html (Help ME build a computer.)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72619.html (New graphics card)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72655.html (The Black Friday Thread.)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72674.html (Can these two items by overcharge?)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72558.html (HDTV as a pc monitor?)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72570.html (Recovering Data)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72520.html (New Computer-Help Me Choose!)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72244.html (Is this worth it? [Black Friday's Laptop Sale])
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72172.html (Upgrading Comp)
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/72143.html (A Question About Gaming Cafes)
And these are just the ones that I would consider to be placed into a sub-forum of its own. I dont believe any of them are repeats of my original thread.
I think that if the forum were created, and the threads were moved into it as a starting base, then it would get a lot of activity as long as its able to be seen. Obviously at the bottom of the forum would make it a less active unless it was promoted for quite some time. Same could probably be said about the programming section.
Just because they're aren't 10+ threads a day about this doesn't suggest that its a topic thats talked about often and could give a lot of people some great advice when going to upgrade/buy/etc their computers or just questions in general.
It would also give a place for those that are tech knowledgeable and like to look at those type of threads/questions and be able to answer them without being lost in the pages of news and idiocracy that can be found often in General.
Besides, what kind of gaming forum and website doesn't have a section dedicated to computers, hardware, etc.?