Rather than mining and i'm a bit interested in investing on the crypto. Said to make all of the things clear and then you must try to calculate how many hashrate power you can generate from all of your amount and how long you will get your ROI back again.
this may help you https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/zec?HashingPower=250&HashingUnit=H%2Fs&PowerConsumption=200&CostPerkWh=0.12&MiningPoolFee=1
But in another words if you are investing in the right project and there will be instant profit for you.