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No PC gamer worth their salt would use onboard GFX so why market it at them? The only place I see the ‘Sandy Bridge’ being good and onboard GFX being useful is on laptops and tablet PCs.
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For gaming yeah. Unless you have a small budget for whatever reason, and can't/won't spend the extra dollar on a video card. Hell, most on board chip sets these days can run a lot of the games out there just fine. Coupled with a few gigs of memory and a good(cheap) processor like the 2600k and you're set.
A large part of building a computer is the options you have before you. Pay a few extra dollars(or save a few depending on what board you want)and get that mobo with on board video. When your budget frees up a little, get that nice video card. It's great when you don't have a lot of cash on hand when building a new computer(or upgrading).