Finally, my first 360 and goals for it! I'll be asking a lot of questions.

Yup! What Stixx said..

My street, (275hp - 430hp) street strip (450+hp) 360's are done this way. It is a lot cheaper and the assembly is still reasonable enough for decent power.
They generally don't get hammered on a lot.

The more serious applications are internally balanced (which is better but not madatory) and may or may not include forged pistons.