I future-proofed my build with this card. I spent more money to have one of the best cards out there, instead of doing an SLI. I have never done SLI, but from the research I have done, it is better to go with one card instead of two. Power consumption is low, and I didn't have to buy multiple GPU blocks. Future-proofing the card assures that my watercooling set-up won't need to change for a long time. I can always get another one of these down the road and SLI it, but for now it runs anything I throw at it without breaking a sweat.