I guess lol i mean if i had to buy something from somewhere, id just pay straight up for it

Is there any benefit to buy a gift card then buying the useless crap you need?

the idea is you sacrifice 10% of the cards cost to sell it.
he would gain more then 10% buying elsewhere so it benefits both parties

Oh FFS.

This is a really stupid circle jerk. Yes, dollar for dollar you are better off building a PC but you act like everyone and their mother knows how to do it. I work in IT and the #1 thing that pisses me off is coworkers trash talking a non-computer person because they aren't an expert in what you are. I build my own PCs and I buy retired machines from where I work that are (GASP!) prebuilt! Want to know the difference between them? Nada to the common user.

Do OP a favor and help him out and stop acting like he's a fool. An i5, 8 GB, RX 580 build will be fine. Is it better than an RTX build? No. Is it better than having a Samsung SSD vs. a Lite-On SSD? No. But at the end of the day it's better than a Craigslist computer that was assembled by Johnny Appleseed that thought a $20 PSU was great idea and thinks QVL lists are an offshoot of QVC.

Imo, I would buy a "standard" prebuilt PC, throw a good quality PSU in, buy an OEM Nvidia GPU, and call it good. It will work within 5-10% of a custom PC with the same specs even with "trash" vendor hardware.

I'm trying to help but he'd rather not give us all teh details and listen to fucking randoms.

just sell the fucking bestbuy card. how many more times you want me to say it.
then we can proceed further not before.

You mean the random actually offering custom solutions or prebuilt solutions to meet the needs he has given? It's hard to imagine why he would ignore someone that starts off by trashing what he has. He says a Best Buy card but not a gift card. What if it's a line of credit? He cannot sell that. You didn't even attempt to ask that. At least tagged tried to offer suggestions for what he has options for, what a fucking random.

You the random bro, like first time ever even seeing you here.
You came with a goal to trash talk me and nothing else.

I'm offering solutions based on the info provided.
I don't assume things like it being a line of credit or otherwise.
You however make assumptions and its kinda sad.

The hypocrisy is fucking real tonight.

Yes, I trashed talked you because I said your comment was a circle jerk? Wow, internet feelings were harmed. RIP King Atrhur.

PS - you were still acting like a jerk.

Yours truly,
A random bro

But I don't think it's exactly $1,300 in Best Buy currency... that's absurd if it is...

Honestly it sounds like a line of credit. A $1300 gift card would be kind of ridiculous.

Problem is bestbuy prebuilts are trash... Like it's impossible to recommend. Even to soccer moms