It depends what sort of mining equipment you get.  Most of the current ASIC miners (Bitmain, SPTech) can run 'standalone' as they have a built-in controller.  They just require an internet connection and power (most of these use a standard PC power supply external to the miner). At the present mining difficulty you will not become 'rich' from Bitcoin mining.  It depends very much on your electricity costs if you are going to recover the cost of your mining equipment at all.  It still is good fun. There are stacks of guides (many written by Dogie) and a lot of information from users.  It is quite miner specific, so you can't get a full response here that will cover all cases.  Mining is still plenty of fun as a hobby.

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