moon thx again for the info

I tried the sniffdogminer on ahashpool for a few days and now trying out Awesome Miner. Seems to do basically the same thing yet with a bit better interface and perhaps the ability to control all rigs from one PC without having to remote into each one individually. We will see.

It seems to be working although not as profitable as I had hoped, still at least its making something to pay itself off in several months.

Running 7x1080ti and 7x1070ti for around .006btc/day . It looks like you can modify/add the miners which are most profitable per each algo into awesome miner so that may be what I will try next. Also perhaps trying another pool such as Miningpoolhub or zpool/hashrefinery. Not that my update is worth anything major but perhaps other new miners lurking just as I did and sharing info/experiences could move them along another step as it did for myself.

The more I spend reading about other folks successes and mishaps, the more this noob learns.
Thanks to all who contribute their time!! Much appreciated