1. Damn near all AthlonXP boards are under $100 (unless you start wackin nifty gadgets on them) so reccomendations for one are applicable to the other
2. One guy asking about a AthonXP mobo in thread A ... and asking about an AthonXP mobo in thread B ... coincidence that i noted it was the same person, i rarely note th author. And in context of point #1, the thread was redundant.
3. Perhaps i should have merged it. Oh well, you have an explaination as to why so its not imperitive to merge anymore
4. Corrected the link in the closed thread ... thats what happens when i get lesdystic with my copy-pasting
5. Im not having a power-trip however (a) the only people i have to justify actions to are the other admins/mods etc (who can undo any changes ive made etc) (b) my decisions are (i) well inteded and (ii) well founded and (c) if you've got a complaint the ideal thing to do is to PM me or another member of the admin/mod team and it'll get dealt with as opposed to making a "challenge thread" because really, I'm the only person who can tell you why i closed a thread without a shadow of doubt.
Have a nice day.