HD530 vs Dedicated Graphics Card

[olsenblane]

I am no gamer, and use the computer for coding, running Media Server, etc.
I have built an over-kill PC with i7 6600k Skylake CPU, 16GB DDR4, Gigabyte G1 Gaming 5 motherboard. I was planning on using the graphics in the Intel CPU, but since I have put close to $1200 into this, I am wondering if a dedicated graphics card would be of any use to me. Is there a sub $200 card that would be WAY better than Intel 530 that is baked into CPU? I run two monitors that will eventually be 4k WAY down the road when current 1080 monitors go out.
I build a new PC about every 5 years but I guess I could add a dedicated card down the road. Any opinions on why I should or should not use dedicated card, and if so, what card would be much better the CPU graphics at the ~$200 range.

 

[Lord_Sunday123]

If you're not gaming, I see no reason to add a card, at least for now. You'll probably need it when you get ready to power 2 4k monitors, but for now, I'm betting you'd be fine.

 

[Quarkzquarkz]

Listen, what's the point of building an 'overkill pc' as you said to NOT play games? If you're only using it for coding then you're fine. Just stick with the integrated graphics. But if you are going to play games in the future, might as well go gtx 970 and up. Buying a sub 200-300 dollar gpu for a setup like yours is like purchasing an expensive European sports car, only to fix it up with honda rice parts. DONT DO IT!

Good luck!

 

[RobCrezz]

At the moment theres no need for a graphics card for what you are doing unless you find something you need to do that can be accellerated by a more powerful GPU.

As far as I can tell the HD 530 supports 3x monitors at 4k @ 60hz (using display port), so you should be fine there.

 

[olsenblane]

Thank you everyone! I appreciate the time you spent answering this question!