Do you need the best equipment to start a YouTube gaming channel?

Let's say I want to start a YouTube gaming channel in which I upload Minecraft most of all, and other PC games.

Do I need like a gaming PC that can run Minecraft shaders at more than 30 fps with max graphics, I professional mic like a Blue Yeti or a Blue Snowball, and stuff like that?

What is a good (cheap) gaming laptop?

My acer inspire one just broke, and it was good and all, but when it came to gaming it sucked wang! Thing couldn't even run minecraft. So i'm looking for a laptop that

What Could Be Causing Random Lag On Minecraft?

I'm trying to figure out what's causing lag in games like minecraft and recording software such as xsplit for videos for youtube.

Here's my current setup:
Mobo: Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0
Graphx: Asus Radeon R9 270 -2GB
CPU: AMD FX 6300 - 3.5GHz / 6 cores
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x 4GB (1600 Mhz)
Drives: 128GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 1TB Western Digital Black or Blue (I forgot)

Internet Speed: 30-35Mbps Download 5-10Mbps Upload

The random lag occurs on both multiplayer and single player modded minecraft after I have quite a few machines running simultaneously.

So knowing all of this, should I focus on adding 2x 8GB of RAM to my system?

Added (1). Also just to make it clear it's on modded minecraft, I don't lag on unmodded but still I want to figure out the issue causing lag so I can fix it.

And if it's not RAM that's causing the issue what might it be?

Why can't META-INF delete?

When I try to delete meta-inf on windows 8. It won't how do I fix this… I have minecraft launcher not minecraft.exe. When I do delete meta-inf I open the launcher and it reinstalls the meta-inf what do I do? This is for minecraft 1.8 bountiful update and minecraft launcher 1.5.2

Minecraft bukkit chat plugin?

I was wondering if there was plugin that could control chat in certain areas e.g. If you walk into a room you can't see any chat except for yours and anyone else in that room. Like a world edit region of somthing.

All help is greatly appreciated thank you.

How to remove saves from singleplayer minecraft world?

I went into a 1.8 world while using 1.7.9 and everything in my chests was gone. In panic, I wuit and went back in with 1.8, but EVERYTHING in my chests were gone. Diamonds, armour, gold, EVERYTHING. Is there anyway to reomove the save from when i logged in with 1.7.9 and everything disappeared?

Will my iMac run Garrysmod or Minecraft without any lag? Or hardly any?

Will my iMac run Garrysmod or Minecraft without any lag? Or hardly any?

Added (1). listen i know Macs aren't exactly the best option for gaming but i have no other choice. I just wanna know if i can get a buttery smooth 60FPS. System specs:
3.2GHz quadcore intel core i5 with 6MB L3 cache
8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
1TB 7200-RPM hard drive
cheers!

Added (2). also! Its apples most recent iMac to date 27' display

Added (3). its a brand-new iMac btw. Un used completely

Looking for a minecraft 1.8 seed?

Looking for a minecraft 1.8 seed?

Added (1). I'm looking for a seed in a normal world that is in a flat area. I want to build a village in creative but I need flat land to work with.

Ideas for a minecraft username?

I was wondering if any body can give me some cool ideas for a minecraft username as i'm getting a new mc account soon. Btw i'm a girl and i love the names tildi and day.

Added (1). Fay not day XD