ok maybe telling you the hardware i have you would be able to give me a better clue on what to do.
i have
1 hp z620 with dual xeon 2680v2
1 hp z620 with dual xeon 2660v2
1 overkill pc single i9-7980xe
1 gaming pc 4790
1 media pc q6600
i have more xeons laying around my place
any advice?
Wow nice hardware you have! I can promise you I have had very good results solo mining straight from the wallet with just an i7 3770. i7 6700's, Ryzen 1800X and Intel 6950X have done even better. As mentioned before you have a lot of options from solo mining to cluster and pool. Consider experimenting and then decide... try solo then try cluster then try pool. Whichever does best then go with that!