Yea it hasn't disappointed me so far, I'm also still in the trial, been waiting for a search that turns crap results on G and DDG to try and put it through the paces. Though compared to G it is nice not having half the results be sponsored.

As others have said I doubt you will see a difference but I can attest to arch working just fine for gaming. Between steam and Lutris I haven't run into any real issues.

So if you're wanting to try arch go for it with confidence that your gaming experience likely won't be impacted.

I have done 3 and 4, and I definitely prefer the air gradient, it is a nice sleek little box that is flashable with esphome making it tie directly into HASS. Will be getting more of them in the near future.