Will My 430w PSU a R9 270 Graphics Card???

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Hello all, I am wondering if my current PC would be able to run a MSI Gaming OC R9 270 2GB graphics card. (Link: http://goo.gl/XKXx1t). I've seen reviews saying that a 430w PSU can run it, while others saying it won't. The thing is, my CPU is not that hungry, so I assume that my PSU would have enough room to run the card well.

CPU: A10-6700 (Integrated Graphics)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E35
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 2x4GB
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD 7200 RPM 500GB
Power Supply: Corsair CX430
 
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And yet I am here with the same graphics card and equivalent spec pc, only a single hard drive though and now optical drive, but run it fine, thing I though playing planetside 2 on high settings taxes the card but runs quite happily at 50-60 fps, and have not experienced any issues with that exact same PSU, and looking at my electricity plug meter it only draws a maximum of roughly 380W when playing the game.
And yet I am here with the same graphics card and equivalent spec pc, only a single hard drive though and now optical drive, but run it fine, thing I though playing planetside 2 on high settings taxes the card but runs quite happily at 50-60 fps, and have not experienced any issues with that exact same PSU, and looking at my electricity plug meter it only draws a maximum of roughly 380W when playing the game.
 
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Time will tell
 
So I ended up getting the card. I can play BF4, Skyrim (with graphical overhauls), and many other GPU intensive games and I haven't gone over 340 watts because of my low wattage CPU. All I can say is that it works and is just fine for my computer.