That's a few builds so pick one that fits your price target.
Plug the parts into your builders selection list and see what the final price is.
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I am relatively new when it comes to custom pc’s and hardware but I am just curious what would be the best bet for buying a prebuilt gaming pc for around 850-1000 dollars? I have no experience assembling builds so I would prefer a pre build that can handle gaming. games like Arma or DCS for example.
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Just buy something from Amazon or a local store, that meets your needs. Assembling a computer from separate parts won't get you a better computer. It will get you a more expensive computer, and possibly one where the parts aren't entirely compatable.
At whatever price you choose to pay, you can build yourself a more capable machine than you can buy off-the-shelf for the same price. Furthermore, it isn't that hard to do the actual building once you've gotten the parts; the hard part is deciding what parts you are going to buy, and matching them well with each other, and then shopping around for the best price.
For $1K or thereabouts you can build yourself a pretty nice machine, something that might cost you $1,500 or $1,600 off-the-shelf, with Core i7, decent video card, a nice mid-range motherboard, an SSD big enough for your system and apps and a HUGE HDD for your data, lots of RAM, a good power supply with some headroom (something you usually DON'T get when you buy off-the-shelf), an attractive case with plenty of room to expand, and your O/S. You can even spring for a water cooler for your CPU and stay within that budget.
Furthermore, you will have the benefit of knowing your machine inside and out, and kiss the notion of ever needing to call the repairman goodbye.
For main processors, motherboards, and RAM, Micro Center is tough to beat on price, and they stand behind the products they sell. For the other components it would be wise to shop around.