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How to Set-Up an NVIDIA SLI-Powered PC

If your power supply does not have a PCI Express auxiliary connector, please contact your graphics board partner for a HDD to PCI Express power adaptor.

Note: NVIDIA SLI power supply recommendations are based on the following test configurations:

High-End NVIDIA SLI Configuration:

Dual GeForce 6800 Ultra Graphics cards

Athlon 64 939-pin CPU or Intel Xeon

Two or more HDD, including RAID 0,1, 0+1 or 5 configurations

Two optical drives

PCI sound card

Mid-Range NVIDIA SLI Configuration:

Dual GeForce 6800 or GeForce 6800 GT Graphics cards

Athlon 64 939-pin CPU

Single HDD

Two optical drives

PCI sound card

Entry-Level NVIDIA SLI configuration:

Dual GeForce 6600 GT Graphics cards

Athlon 64 939-pin CPU

Single HDD

One optical drive

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