so i was looking into setting up a CPU only monero miner I was looking at the threadrippers. DO you guys think its profitable to mine monero with a cpu only like that?
It depends at what threadripper version you are looking at.The best version of them makes about 90 USD monthly running 24/7 but it does not justify its cost which is really expensive.CPU-mining is not recommended nowadays as GPU mining is much more profitable to run,but if you have no other options and own one of such processors go ahead and mine with that.The 3990x ore 3990wx are the best ones right now.
https://www.nicehash.com/profitability-calculator/amd-cpu-threadripper-3990xOr he could use a GPU mining on moneroocean.stream and use gminer/phoenixminer with eth and get paid in monero.
It's actually very simple to set up it's more or less the same with any ethash pool and use pass rigid~ethash and use your CPU too if you don't use it for other things.
This is wjat I am doing with 1 of my rigs.