Looking for a decent pre build gaming PC under $1000

Yeah, you’re not gonna do much better than a 1660 Super for sub $1000.

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I'm looking to buy a prebuilt with a massive hard drive and basically just need a cpu/gpu that would easily handle a game like GTA V.

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If you actually need a "massive hard drive", what you need is a NAS. I can't fathom why any SI would spec out a system with low end components but a ton of storage.

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I don't "need" one. But it's a priority after having 1 TB on my current pc and finding that it's not nearly as much space as I'd like to have.

I'm not as into gaming as I used to be. But would still like a system that would play something like GTA V without any issues.

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You'll want more than just 1 hard drive then.

Better off getting a SSD or NVME drive as your boot/OS drive, then a 2TB (or pair of them) HDDs for storage. Get at least a 500GB drive as your OS drive, and install some games on it that have the highest requirements (but honestly nearly all games will be fine on a HDD). Just be aware of where you're installing things, and clear out your downloads folder regularly.

Stop downloading so much 4k porn and you won't need a 8tb HDD

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It's mostly to build a library of old movies and tv shows, but I'd probably have room for a decent porn library too, I guess.

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For this, as someone pointed out, you're probably wanting a NAS as opposed to a PC.

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My current PC is about 8 years old and has an integrated graphics card. Was going to try to build a new one, but it seems like going with a prebuilt is the better option right now.

I usually play it on a console, but I was thinking about giving trying to get into playing GTA V and older GTA games with mods and can't do that with my current pc.

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You're really looking at two different things then, if we're being honest.

The first is a gaming PC. It doesn't need to be too powerful, as GTA V has been around for a while, but if you start wanting to dip into Next Gen games, you'll find some better than others depending on setup.

The second, for storing tons of movies and shows, is a NAS. Get enough storage to take care of what you have but a model that will allow you to expand easily. Make sure it supports RAID 10 and get 4 drives at 2 TB each. That will give you 4 TB of storage as well as redundancy in case of a drive failure.

Throwing a single 8 TB drive into a PC if you have any intention of retaining those shows and movies is going to be rough if that drive fails.

I haven't used a NAS in a good while, so I can't really recommend a particular MFG, but that's going to be your best (eventual) bet. If you're on a tight budget though, the PC may not be a bad start (though I'd probably not go TOO Crazy on storage in the PC, and back up the files you don't want to risk losing to a external drive).