Nothing against using a chip, and if that's all you want is set it and forget it, go for it! Personally I understand wanting to get it all set up right but not wanted to spend a ton of money. Don't get me wrong and I don't want this to turn into a one turning method against another one thread. I admire everything that can be done with Link and the ease of use.
Just another option I want to throw out there. I use Tuner Pro and Moates Ostrich. After researching options I settled on it and to get me started I used this website.
click plug in what you need and it spits out a .bin file that can be used. Very easy to get a very basic set up for the Ostrich and then if you wanted later down the road you can look into the other things that can be done with the factory code. Just a heads up beyond the basic code that is provided by that website, the learning curve is pretty steep.
Like I said, don't want to turn this into a one tuning option vs. another thread, but wanted to throw out another option that can do more than a piggy back system and may cost a less than other options.