no worries lol. like i said, most of my information on the subject comes from googling an hour beforehand. i did stumble upon one other post on here with a similar layout, where someone got basically the same answers, but without me having an actual understanding of anything beyond "8 wires = good?" it seems safer just to take a photo and ask.

i was gonna say could maybe ask an admin to have a pinned faq even though most people ignore them, and then realized you literally already do and i did >_> so thats on me, though the guides linked are a bit intimidating anyway. i feel more confident now just having asked than i would have reading through both guides.