hey there im new to bitcoins, new to mining...

so i have been doing some research, and what not, and would like to try this whole mining thing. i figure i would just play around on my computer and go from there..

so i have been downloading different mining software, and watching tutorials, but nothing seems to be working right. I cant get to the actual mining part. i started with GUI miner. but non of the servers seem to work..

downloaded awesome miner.. and that was wayyyy over my head.

is there a miner that is easy to use, simple and can start mining right away?

Yes i know that it uses power, but i am currently running a few games in the background 24/7 anyways so its nbd to me at this point.