Agree and I'm going to rep old hardware for a brief moment. It has been through the gauntlet and is tried and tested. Software and drivers have generally had their sharp edges ironed out for older hardware. A system based on an old server board, as suggested above, will be more rugged and less likely to break IMO as they're generally built better (even the PCB layers, evidenced by the board coloring) and if anything on it was going to break it would have probably already done so in the prior lifecycle years of the equipment.
Oh yeah and it's cheaper too I guess. In case you're a poorcel
Yeah, these old server grade equipment can last longer than gaming equipment because the materials used in them are far, FAR higher quality than gaming components, that's why they are more expensive, and they were made to run 24/7 non-stop under stress so they will last you a long, loooong time. You won't get your hands on a professional graphics card, they are rare and expensive and don't perform well in games with some exceptions, you can find some that have tolerable performance in games, but it's understandable they don't do well in it for the most part because they were simply NOT made for that.
As for memory, if you get your hands on a xeon and old HEDT motherboard, slap in ECC memory, they are not blazing fast but are infinitely more reliable than gaming memories, as they have features that gaming mobos and cpus don't support and can save you a lot of hassle. Keep in mind that going for this type of equipment you are aiming at reliability and longevity rather than raw blazing fast performance. If you want something more or less affordable, an old 7th or 8th gen i5 K version and a good mobo for that era that can handle some overclock will do the job. But I would suggest Xeons anyway for higher core/thread count and for the reliability they have for both workloads and some games, and with some tweaking you can even kinda OC them.
With a lot of research you can get your hands on a more recent Xeon + mobo + memories, and they only get better. It's weird to think that these workstation/server CPUs can game but they actually CAN, you just have to find the right ones. If you happen to find somewhere with decomissioned servers just throwing their stuff away, you just won the lottery, with enough digging in these occasions you could even set your own home server for several stuff, NAS, streaming, storage, whatever, and of course, a reliable server-grade pc to do your stuff.
