$500-$850 gaming pc that can run games like ARK

IndominusRexZ

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Hey, I'm going to build my first pc and I've watched tons of videos and read articles about what can run games like ark and others say it can't, so I'm thinking of getting it by Christmas and my parents already said that they'd help me with some 300-500$ but they said that they'd help me with some extra on Christmas. Also I'll be playing online most of the time so if you could include the networking parts and if it goes a bit over that's fine because I have money saved up to so if anyone can recommend a good pc thanks in advance.
 
Nothing can run ark properly because the game is crap.

You can get a pretty decent PC for gaming in that price range though:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP600NS34 128GB M.2-2242 Solid State Drive ($42.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Zalman Z1 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $771.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-29 14:40 EDT-0400

All motherboards come with Ethernet ports
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($38.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GT OC Video Card ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Zalman Z1 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: FSP Group Hydro X 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($76.30 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $820.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-29 14:54 EDT-0400
 
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