Anything that runs windows can probably run Linux and work well enough for self-hosting. But you’re getting ahead of yourself with worrying about hardware.

Easiest way to start is to find something that you want to try selfhosting that is relatively simple and use WSL within windows to familiarize yourself with Linux/networking/docker.

Once you’re far enough along to know what your needs are, then you can start thinking about the hardware to meet those needs.

https://iptv.surf/ <- Start here

https://ottiptvprovider.com/search <- Helps find the provider with the channels you’re looking for

https://search.streamcheck.pro/ <- Checks the quality of each provider

Also my daily. I’ve been a vertical tab person for many years with treestyle tabs and then sidebery. The tab management features in zen without the need of extensions is the primary selling point for me. Everything just works smoothly for my workflow and the UI is well thought out. I haven’t had any issues with stability or memory usage since moving over from firefox.