Well I did get the envsphere going.  Set all the render settings to what basic suggested.  Only 1 light at 10% and it is crazy bright now.  Gone from too dark to too bright lol, I guess I can at least say I've made progress.  I tried to reduce the light to 2% and still seems just as bright.  Maybe I need textures on the sphere>?  Or maybe adjust some settings for the sphere.

The good news is my comp handled the render just fine so I can even go up still in settings I believe.

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