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If you own the hardware, sure, use it. It will suffice.
If you plan on buying this ancient hardware, do not do it!
There is some really anecdotal evidence from the other comments.
Check out Haswell capabilities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video
It decodes h.264 and that's about it. Yes, plex does not transcode for free but hardware is hardware. Spending money on obsolete, lacking hardware is not wise.
If you are buying, go for 6th gen, 8th gen or 11th gen. These are the sweetspots that are either cheap, widely available or very capable.