Hardware Advice for a Newbie

[JustAnotherDude]

Intel CPU 10th gen or newer would be ideal. I ran an Intel 6700k for a while on a headless server, single stream was flawless, two people streaming made it stutter. I now use an amd Ryzen 7600, four people stream at once with no issues. Intel is generally better at software video decoding.

Intel Arc GPUs are great and cheap. I just recently got an Arc A380, four people pulling 4k av1 files at once with no trouble. I got mine for just under $100 USD.

There is no such thing as too much RAM or too much storage. I ran with zero trouble on 16gb RAM until recently, I upgraded because my neanderthal brain said big number good.

You can find everything you need by looking at used office workstations and a cheap Intel GPU.