Hey !
I use 1x7970 and 1xr9 280x crossfired, want´s 508watt from the wall while playing (i7 4,2 ghz, some disks)..... don´t save on the psu ! In mac os the second card won´t shut down, even if you don´t need the second graphicsc. I´d go for one r9 280x and if need ad second later ?