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MB, Chipsets, CPUs...Can you help me understand?
I have been using an Intel i7-860 for years with an ATX MB with P55 chipset and a graphics card. I would like to make a small HTPC with an ITX motherboard with integrated graphics, but I am not really clear what will and will not work. I have been looking at this motherboard with an H55 chipset. It appears to have onboard video, but it only states "Intel HD Graphics ready". In my experience this normally means I need something else to enable graphics.
I have two questions:
- Will the combination of this motherboard and my i7-860 CPU produce video without need for a discrete graphics card or other component?
- If so, would the graphics be good enough for HTPC use?