HD 4000, and more generally the Ivy Bridge processors, already are well supported in Linux. I believe this support only involves free drivers, i.e., that Linux-libre perfectly supports these processors as well. They will even be able of GPGPU via OpenCL.

The i5-3570K model is a good choice as it does not involve treacherous computing... contrary to some other Ivy Bridge models: i5-3475S, i7-3770T, i7-3770S and i7-3770. Other models that do not have the problem (i.e., they obey you and not Intel) are i3-3225 and i7-3770K.

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