Building Ma a new PC.... AMD or Intel?

[EchtoGammut]

After her getting years of hand me down PCs from my brother and I, we decided to build her something new. Looking to build it in a small form factor and probably without a graphics card.

1) She currently uses Photoshop, does some software development work (Python) and light gaming. Like most people she mostly surfs online.
2) I am guessing around $600, but I could blow to $1000+ if there is something awesome.
3) I live between San Francisco and Seattle (travel back and forth)
4) Currently looking at:

Intel Core i5-6500 6M Skylake Intel HD Graphics 530
ASRock H170M Pro4 LGA 1151
Crucial 8GB DDR4
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB

or

AMD A10-7850K with R7 Graphics
GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XN
GSkill 8 GB DDR3
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB


5) The SSD may get swapped as I have a boatload of 256-1TB SSDs laying around. I haven't made up my mind on the case although this case looks very nice: RAIJINTEK STYX although I would be taking a risk with an unknown case. Alternatively a Bitfenix Phenom in white. The goal is to either be invisible or attractive. Any case suggestion would be welcome. Since the case may determine the power supply, I didn't bother including that, I am more interested in what people think about a Skylake based system vs R7 graphics.
6) No overclocking or very mild overclocking.
7) Initially she will be running 1920x1200, but I will be swapping out her 27" monitor with a larger 1440p monitor shortly after her Birthday.
8) I will be building this in the next week or two.
9) No special features needed. I basically want this to run silent and maintenance free.
10) I will be using Windows 10 64bit

 

[extide]

Go 16GB, especially if she is into any sort of dev. Heck, I consider 16GB minimum for any system I use these days, 32GB preferred.

 

[EchtoGammut]

I agree the extra couple bucks to double the memory is probably worth it. Looking at the reviews it seems the Skylake build may be better for 1440p. I can always add a graphics card even on a m-ITX build later.