New desktop for GF, where to find good deals in Canada?

[KRSogaard]

Hey all, i am looking to give my girlfriend a new desktop computer as a Christmas gift. My budget is 1500 and that is with monitor, mouse and keyboard.

 

Do any one have a suggested build? i would really like to get at least a 970 in there.

Also where in Canada can i find good black Friday deals on Computer components?

[ThatOneRussian]

Budget? and a 390 is better than a 970 for a lower price

[XTankSlayerX]

Pretty much everywhere is going to be the same price and ages more expensive than anywhere in the US.

 

I'd recommend using NCIX.

 

They're great and haven't failed me.

[Nico559]

Budget? and a 390 is better than a 970 for a lower price

 

My budget is 1500 and that is with monitor, mouse and keyboard.

[don_svetlio]

use case?

[KRSogaard]

Budget? and a 390 is better than a 970 for a lower price

Not a fan or ATI every ATI/AMD card i have ever had have always been a giant headache.

[KRSogaard]

use case?

Games like Star Wars Battlefront, Battlefield, Fallout 4 and so on.

[don_svetlio]

Games like Star Wars Battlefront, Battlefield, Fallout 4 and so on.

Battlefront gives AMD cards a good 15-20% performance improvement over Nvidia so that's a thing to keep in mind.

R9 390 simply performs better than a 970 and isn't gimped (970 has a 224-bit bus housing 3.5GB of usable VRAM, 56 RoPs and slightly less CUDA cores - it's falsely marketed) - try a 380X - that performs close to a reference 970 and costs 70USD less.

AMD cards are currently simple better than Nvidia at every price point than the 980 Ti/Titan X vs Fury X