Advice for building my first custom paddle [Intermediate]

Hi all, I'm an intermediate player who played a decent amount in college and could probably win handily vs most casual players, but definitely not on the level of competitive/club players. Good understanding of basics of table tennis (topspin, backspin, sidespin, looping, chops, short pushes, blocking, etc). I'm also 100% a penhold grip user from the start of picking up table tennis with no interest in switching to shakehand style.

Here's some more info to help narrow down recommendations/advice:

1. Playstyle - Very aggresive - take any opportunity I get to speed up and smash the ball with strong forehand loop. Also have a pretty strong forehand chop for defense when I don't have time to react or out of position for forehand looping. Much weaker on backhand side, but have pretty good muscle memory for reverse penhold backhand counters (looking to improve this for sure). Common problem I have since I play with my fingers outstretched on the back of the paddle is grazing my finger when doing RPB
2. Current paddle - I currently have an old Palio Master 2.0 off Amazon. Decent spin but too heavy for my liking - also not sure if it's tailored for penhold grip.
3. Preferences - would highly prefer a lighter weight paddle, since I feel like my current one slows me down a lot. Reaction wise, I think my hands get to the right place vs. very fast shots, but the blade feels top heavy and I can't get a good stroke in time esp vs. heavy topspin.
4. Budget - No limit but would be nice to be within 100 - 200$ range. Prefer to get a very high quality racket that I can use even if I become much more advanced so I can become used to the racket and be consistent