Hi!
I’m just a fellow newbie like you. Thought I’d drop a welcome reply. I can’t advise you on mining. Cgminer is thwarting me everywhich way. I do know that I’ve heard its hard to mine bitcoins without ASICS (which I could not tell you what that is) these days, though litecoins and feathercoins are still options for mining. I hope you find what you need!
I’ve hear other things such as mining in pools is superior to solomining in general, but you must be careful and read up on pools. I’ve heard you need to run profitability calculators, because mining costs electricity, and that GUI cards (graphics cards) are superior to CP mining, and ASICS (where they can be used) are superior to GUI cards.
Thats about all I can offer, but I wish you the best!
Here is a link to the newbie mining guide:
[url=http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,685.0.html]http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,685.0.html[/url]