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Well to put it simply im buying a video card for a long distance friend. He recently bought a hp h8-1534 computer and has a 7570 in it currently. I kind of want to buy him either a amd 7770 or a gtx 650 or gtx 650 ti but im not sure the power supply will do it. The only thing i can find on the net is this

http://www.overclock.net/t/1381664/need-some-amd-help-with-a-hp-h8-1534

but its not much help and im curious to what all of you think.

Edit: Also he currently has a amd 7570 in it
 
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While the power supply is light, it should be fine with the 7770 and GTX650. The 5750 draws more power: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130412113707AAKGXXj

I don't think that this is going to go like you think/hope: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/375568-31-graphics-card-issues-prebuilt-1414

You will need to help him by disabling the UEFI/Secure boot and enabled legacy mode before swapping cards
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That computer has a 460W power supply.

The 7770 uses about 80w, the GTX650 ti uses 110 w and the GTX650 uses 64 W.
I would stick with the 7770 or GTX650 due to price. Here is a comparison: http://www.hwcompare.com/13467/geforce-gtx-650-vs-radeon-hd-7770/

The 5750 uses 86 W. You can basically pick any card, replace the current one and you should be good to go.
 
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In the link I posted it talk about a guy having issues with the gtx 650 and a 660. the guy im buying this isn't exactly the most computer computer savvy person but lives a long way away from me so i want it to be something that he can basically plug and go.
 
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While the power supply is light, it should be fine with the 7770 and GTX650. The 5750 draws more power: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130412113707AAKGXXj

I don't think that this is going to go like you think/hope: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/375568-31-graphics-card-issues-prebuilt-1414

You will need to help him by disabling the UEFI/Secure boot and enabled legacy mode before swapping cards
 
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well the card that is in it now is the 7570 I might have to just try using face time and show him how to change the bios.
 
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