how much does it cost to run your own dedicated server?

[bwfield]

Im guessing it's alot for all the software that's required

[.mann3r]

you mean, having your own hardware? or a dedicated server hosting? for dedicated server hosting it might go into the range of 70-300$ depending on how equip the server is, and if you want to run it yourself like buying server, that also depends on the specification of the server, just an estimate, server = $2K + OS + ISP + Maintenance.

[DeCal]

It totally depends on what configuration do you want and from where you are getting it.