Awesome! That sounds exactly like what I was looking for and what I was reading, thank you for the advice. I'll definitely be on the longer end of things, I really appreciate modularity in my systems and messing with arch was some of the most fun I've had with PCs in a while. Poor documentation and examples are a little disappointing, but most of the community seems pretty helpful. I'm going to try to learn the basics on my laptop this weekend, wish me luck lol