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You're awesome, and thank you! I don't use forums all that often.

You're awesome. Thank you. I would have easy access to Ethernet. I was thinking I could just use a 240GB ssd for the whole thing. Should I use DDR3 or DDR4? For instance the used market for DDR3 ram where I live is like 25 bucks for 8gb whereas if I get ddr4 its be closer to 50 for the 8gb. is the performance worth the cost for just a server?

First off, I'm not the most tech savvy kind of guy, so I apologize if anything I'm asking for or say doesn't make sense. I was looking to build a cheap gaming server that I could leave on pretty much 24/7, to host games such as Minecraft or GMod. I have hosted games before using my own rig(7700k, 1070, 16GB Ram, Internet: 1000 mb/s down and 40mb/s up ) using Hamachi. But I hated leaving my pc on all day all and all night for my friends, and there was always the sketchy vibe when giving my friends my IP address and some friend of a friend wanted to play too and I was weirded out giving it to them. Anyways, I always see these super budget Pc builds on reddit and YouTube, and I've wondered if there is a budget server I could build/ buy. There are some things I don't know like: Do servers need a gpu? How much electricity will it use if I were to build one? Is it better to just pay the 7 dollars/month on one of those Minecraft server renting sites? I'm just not sure what my options are and I'm hoping all you tech savvy people could help me out?

Well as of right now I have only done one with a buddy in his dorm a few months back. I'd wanna stream with a couple friends and maybe share some of the experiences we've had in college so far. My streams are going to be funny and unscripted, and if people don't like our humor they don't have to watch. On the daily we always say "damn, if we were recording that people would have thought it'd be hilarious." So I've decided to make the "if" to a "when."

I've noticed that, I just wanted to make sure that my system could even handle it. Now I'm on a goal to purchase the right equipment. Thanks for the feed back!(:

Oh, thanks guys!

I guess a better question would be is what's the best software I can use to stream that my PC can also handle?

Sorry, super new to PC, whats obs?

I just built my super budget gaming PC, and I want to live stream but assume that I can't because I am using an Intel core i3. My graphics card is fine, MSI Radeon rx 480, a 600w power supply, and I'm running windows 10. What minimum hardware should I have in my build or can I use what I have?