I need fast help about a GPU and PSU

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I hawe this components: FX-6300,Raijintek Aidos, MSI 970A-G43, 2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1600,SSD 120 GB Samsund 840 Evo, 640GB Hitachi HDT721064SLA360,7x120mm case van with Aerocool vent controler and Smart se 530W. My GPU is: SAPPHIRE HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 Ultimate. I want to change my GPU and buy a SAPPHIRE DUAL-X R9 270x 2GB GDDR5 WITH BOOST & OC BATTLEFIELD 4 EDITION or MSI AMD Radeon R9 270X GAMING 2G. Now i wanna know if my PSU is enough or do i have to buy a new one. I purshased this one 6 month ago.
 

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It got 6+2pin x 2. In some benchmark on internet i did se that in full load those GPU uses up to 300W and a friend of mine said i could have some truble. So im in real dilema.
 

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Your friend is most likely making stuff up, the TDP for that card is 150w so unless overclocked it should never go beyond that. Even overclocked it likely won't go above 200w so you're perfectly fine.