100% Newbie

[Blawpaw]

You can check what is the most profitable to mine in here:
http://www.coinwarz.com/

[notlist3d]

You can check what is the most profitable to mine in here:
http://www.coinwarz.com/

I would suggest if new staying with BTC.  It is easiest to mine arguably and is pretty user friendly depending on miner.  But some are very easy to use.

Also coinwarz is good for current BTC, but future it is not as no difficulty.   Use one such as: https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator to get difficulty and better for long term calculating on btc mining.

[Amph]

You can check what is the most profitable to mine in here:
http://www.coinwarz.com/

I would suggest if new staying with BTC.  It is easiest to mine arguably and is pretty user friendly depending on miner.  But some are very easy to use.

Also coinwarz is good for current BTC, but future it is not as no difficulty.   Use one such as: https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator to get difficulty and better for long term calculating on btc mining.

ethereum right now look very mineable akin to btc, so one can mine tha instead of bitcoin, the profit is around 0 $30 per month with a 970, if i've done my math correctly

[knightkon]

I have to ask, if someone gave you a BTC for your birthday, they must know something about it in order to make the purchase and transfer it to you as a present.  You need to do some research on here and see what is working for others.