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So i have my setup here but i'm not sure that im producing enough power, what changes can i make to get this setup to be more efficient?
my current setup is this: http://prntscr.com/gev4qo

You should be producing 10.8 MW with this setup. If you need more you need to multiply the setup.

For better fluid dynamics you should connect 2 steam engined directly to 1 boiler. Use 10 boilers in a row with a tube between every second boiler. Arrange this on two sides of a yellow belt connected to 18 miners. Connect all 20 boilers to 1 pump.

You find images and more ideas here: viewforum.php?f=208

Your setup has the right ratio but isnt very ealisy expandable so use a setup like the one Bauer explained. Here is an explanation why one pump can supply 20 boilers:
As it says in the tooltip, one steam engine produces 900kw of electricity which is equal to the amount of power it takes: 900kw of power in form of hot steam. The tooltip also says that the steam engine takes 30 steam/s which means that 900kw corresponds to 30 steam/s in this case. a Boiler takes 3.6 MW of power in form of burnable items. However it only produces 1.8 MW of steam which corresponds to 60 steam/s as it is double the consumption of a steam engine (30steam/s*2=60steam/s). one unit of water gets converted to one unit of steam so one boiler takes 60 water/s. One offshore pump produces 1200 water/s so 1200water/s/60water/s=20 which means 1 offshore pump can supply 20 boilers. the ratio of boilers to steam engines can also very easily be calculated from this: one boiler produces 60 steam/s and one steam engine takes 30 steam/s so 60steam/s/30steam/s=2 which means 1 boiler can supply 2 steam engines like you already built in in your setup

Teodorp99 wrote:So i have my setup here but i'm not sure that im producing enough power, what changes can i make to get this setup to be more efficient?
my current setup is this: http://prntscr.com/gev4qo

Your setup is good but as said it is not expandable. Also you do not need to connect steam engines on the left side at all.

I will not dive deep into math trying to explain how much exactly can your setup power up.
Just left click on any power pole to get into power statistics window and hopefully you will see how are you doing.
Not to be confused there.

Satisfaction should always be full. This generally means you are producing enough power for all your factory. If it is not full then you should obviously expand power plant immediately cause your factory is going to brown out to shutdown if you are using electrical inserters for your boilers. Burner inserters will prevent this from happening.

Production however should always be not full which means you are producing less than your power plant can. If you see Production getting close to 100% you should definitely think about expanding your power plant.
If you opt to go solar with accumulators, determining your capacity is a bit harder and you should judge it by remaining accu charge in the end of the night.

Pipe loops can screw up the flow of steam. I don't think it's affecting your setup, it is definitely a problem on big nuclear setups. To be sure remove the pipes on the end of the steam engines.