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. In addition, NVIDIA is now testing power supplies to ensure they support Hybrid SLI technology HybridPower™ mode found on new NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA nForce MCPs, unleashing performance when needed and switches to quiet, low-power quiet operation for everyday computing.

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® and Hybrid SLI technology.

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

For Dual GeForce 9800 GX2
Choose from the following manufacturers:

For Dual GeForce 9800 GTX
Choose from the following manufacturers:

Power Supplies for GPUs that support NVIDIA SLI® technology.

For Dual GeForce 8800 Ultra
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: