Build an SLI PC - Certified SLI-Ready Power Supplies

Certified SLI-Ready Power Supplies

NVIDIA SLI certification ensures a quality user experience by stressing each power supply to the power limit of what your PC can draw. Simply pick a power supply from the list below that matches your graphics card and SLI certification will ensure that you have ample power and connectors. Only power supplies that pass NVIDIA SLI certification can be called "NVIDIA SLI-Ready certified." Be sure to look for the NVIDIA SLI-Ready badge when you buy your next power supply.

The following power supply recommendations are intended to help do-it-yourself customers when building their own SLI PCs. OEM PC Manufacturers perform their own power analysis based on their exact shipping PC configuration and are therefore not expected to follow these recommendations.

Power Supplies for GPUs that support NVIDIA SLI® technology.

For Three GeForce GTX 260 GPUs
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Two GeForce GTX 280 GPUs
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Two GeForce GTX 260 GPUs
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Dual GeForce 9800 GX2
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Three GeForce 9800 GTX
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Dual GeForce 9800 GTX
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Three GeForce 8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, or GTX 275 (3-Way SLI)
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Dual GeForce 8800 Ultra or GeForce GTX 275
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Dual GeForce 8800 GTX
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Dual GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, or Dual GeForce 7950 GX2
Choose from the following manufacturers:

FSP Group BoosterX 3 (FSP300-1E01) - not certified for Dual GeForce 8800 GTS

For Dual GeForce 7900 GTX or Dual GeForce 7800 GTX 512 MB*
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For all other SLI PC configurations
Choose from the following manufacturers:


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*SLI-Ready power supply certification is based on a typical PC configuration. If your PC exceeds this typical configuration, your system may require additional power. The configurations used to test the SLI-Ready power supplies can be found here.

**This is a drive bay power supply that provides additional power for graphics use only. It powers two 6-pin PCI-Express graphics card connectors. This supply is certified for SLI PCs when paired with another standard SLI-Ready power supply from the "All other SLI PC configurations" list above.

***A number of system power supplies in the market use a modular power connector to provide 6-pin and 8-pin outputs from the same cable. A subset of these modular connectors have a mechanical latch that is too wide and do not fit the 8-pin PCI-E power connector on the GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card and are marked with an asterisk (***). These power supplies will work with the GeForce 9800 GX2 GPU with a PCI Express power connector adapter. NVIDIA is working with graphics card manufacturers and power supply vendors to offer an adapter to affected customers. Please contact your manufacturer of your product to obtain a replacement connector.