Some people are still suggesting to solo mine with the VRM wallet vault, which is pretty easy right? Just install the wallet and click start
mining and then your good to go?
Obviously its going to eat up a huge % of my cpu so i shouldnt expect to do anything else with the computer after starting mining?
Lastly what everyones experience been with i5 series cpu's? Is it even worth it?
That's right, the vault will be the easiest way to get into mining. The UI will return an estimated number of days before you get a block.
On my i7 I have a chance of getting a block about once a month. But you could get lucky and get one sooner. If you want more constant returns, check out the various mining pools (
https://www.reddit.com/r/vericoin - mining pools on right panel), you'll usually get a small bit of verium every day.
The vault allows you to choose how many cpus to mine with, so you can just set aside one core or more, depending on your workload. There is a google doc link a few posts above with various cpus to compare against.
Have fun!