I was confused by the console mining programs that flood our web.
Therefore i spent like 3 Days of intense reading, trying and failing, until I found this awesome all-in-one GUI.
The "AwesomeMiner" is free to download and you can setup like 2 Workers in the free Edition.
It includes all basic console Miners and helps you to set it up : http://www.awesomeminer.com
The easiest way to get started is installing it, registering on some mining pool and get into mining in a more efficient way !
I recommend the pool of Minergate, because it has a big growth and large pools ! (Up to 1/6 of whole world wide pool!!!)
https://minergate.com/a/c1e86a2e60f5d54b025f9d48
Start fast in upon 5 Minutes !!!
Have fun, feel free to ask !