is cooler master thunder 700watt psu enough for r9 280x

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i am getting r9 280x (dual fan),fx 6300 and 16gb ram will the cooler master thunder 700 watt be enough.
I read somewhere that r9 280x requires 750 watt
 
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PSU is ok if not overclocking. Fx will run adequately with 970 but bottleneck can't be overlooked here. Better consider next upgrade in Intel.

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is there a difference in power requirement between stock version and OC version ? because i am getting sapphire r9 280x toxic which is triple fan not dual fan.
Sorry for posting dual fan.
 

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in my country r9 280x toxic costs 360 USD while gtx 970 costs 460 USD , 970 is $100 costlier.
I can consider gtx 970 if it has better performance per dollar.
The big problem is my cpu which is fx 6300 which will bottleneck gtx 970