Well, it seems to me, that since you know you have $1k to spend, and you want a general purpose home machine, that will also be gutsy enough for gaming, it might be best if you went to any number of websites, that specialize in these types of computers.
CyberPower & iBuyPower come to mind, but there are others. AMD based computers will be less expensive, but Intel based machines, will give you better processing performance. You'll have many choices. Why not choose several, then give us links, and perhaps we can help you make a final decision. How does that sound?