Yeah I have been thinking about switching over to OBS once I upgrade my capture card

I'd really recommend OBS over XSplit though.

Things you will need

Good internet
Decent Computer
Streaming software, Xsplit is a okay one but there others
And most important Time, you need time

There are a lot of decent how to videos on YouTube try watching a few, but the best thing to start doing as a new streamer is take the time to learn how the software works, it is unfortunately not something that you can fire up and have a professional looking stream. Sure you can start streaming within seconds of downloading the software but it won't look so hot until you fine tune the settings, which will take time to learn and understand :P

not really super helpful with this post but hoped it helped at least a little bit.