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8gb is the sweet spot, but used ram is cheap.
You'll have to check the specific CPU online to see what video/codecs it can easily work with, I wasnt that bothered as I knew I would be adding a low profile gfx card which would easily deal with anything I needed.
This is the W11 CPU list:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processorsAnything over 8th gen (for W11) will easily do 1080p no problem, not sure about 4k.
Edit: I had a i5 4th gen in my old one and that would play 1080p video without problems.
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i3, i5, i7 - what practical difference are we talking here for streaming video?
and if I want Win11 without doing reg bodging, is it just any 8th gen version of one of these?
Like, there's i3s with Win11 installed already for 140 or pay another 100 to get an i7?