I did consider that one, yes. I decided to pay the extra for the IGP, partly because I've had graphics cards fail on me in the past and had no PC for a few days while I sort out a replacement. Partly also because I tend to repurpose hardware I'm replacing so when the time comes to replace this chip and motherboard with something else I will be able to use it without an additional graphics card (HTPC, home server, something like that).