On that same note I use mynodebtc.com as one of my electrum servers / lightning nodes.

They have an image that works as a virtual machine using virtual box. IF you have enough spare drive space and ram on your day to day PC you can set it up and not have to worry about other hardware.

For the setting up of the electrum side of it they are both more or less turn option on and wait for it to do it's thing....

-Dave