Does a noob friendly mining program exist?

[ProGamer]

I am talking about a program that would identify your computers GPU, CPU, etc... And then allow you to select the coin and the pool you wish to mine.

[patrike]

You could take a look at the new Windows application Awesome Miner, that is both powerful and easy to use. There are preconfigured settings available for some of the most popular mining pools and all the algorithms they support, making it even easier to get started.

[dquancey]

I am talking about a program that would identify your computers GPU, CPU, etc... And then allow you to select the coin and the pool you wish to mine.

I've used Multiminer quite a few times in the past and it was perfect for when I was learning the ropes.

I'd recommend it, but I haven't GPU mined in quite some time, presumably there are more apps out there now that might help you out.

[djm34]

I am talking about a program that would identify your computers GPU, CPU, etc... And then allow you to select the coin and the pool you wish to mine.

No offence, but what you are asking is not for noob but for lazy people who expect making cash on the internet without doing anything at all (not even running the program).

I think botnets are for you. They identify your computer, your gpu/cpu, they run without you having anything to do and also collect the coin (but not for you  )

[SpeedDemon13]

Everyone starts as a noob, mostly everyone, in the crypto world. You just have to educate yourself and run whatever is most efficient, not necessarily the easiest. You still have to create conf file, bat file ,etc. So, a GUI type miner would be nice to start, but eventually you have to get away from that.

[patrike]

Everyone starts as a noob, mostly everyone, in the crypto world. You just have to educate yourself and run whatever is most efficient, not necessarily the easiest.

I would say that this is always a balance between how much time you are willing to spend on crypto mining and what your goal is (profit, learning, development, testing). Today it's easy to get started with some of the multi-pool services.

If you want to maximize profit, you need to spend much time on reading about the latest coins and new algorithms and be one of the first to use them. Some people find that interesting, other think it's getting boring fast, and compared to the time you put in, it will not be very profitable for most people.

You still have to create conf file, bat file ,etc. So, a GUI type miner would be nice to start, but eventually you have to get away from that.

With Awesome Miner you don't have to edit any configuration files or batch files. If you go for some of the most popular multi-pools, you don't even have to enter URL's and ports to get started with the mining.

Reading the Sgminer thread you will see that even experienced users struggle with configurations files, so it's about time to get away from that.