ahhh, you underestimate the power of the noob...
people will still ask, just now we'll be able to point them to well written reviews rather than a short sentance reply.
people don't use the search function really.
To be honest, I think that it should be a board to it'self with main page listing, general hardware/software is getting a little too cluttered with subforums.
I guess it's for you to decide, but it really wouldn't hurt to put a new main category up, even if that meant merging a couple of the other forums into a singular forum (I'm thinking the two hosting ones).