Early 2011 13" i5 MacBook Pro - RAM Upgrade

I am thinking of upgrading my MacBook pro 4GB to 8GB I don't think I really need the extra RAM right at this point however I would like to just go ahead and do it to get it out of the way since next year I will be using the machine primarily for Adobe Photoshop CS5 and from what I hear that program is a memory hog? Also will be doing mild photo/video editing. I know a lot of people have done there RAM upgrades via crucial and I actually used them before to upgrade my old 2010 MBP, however when I went to there site today to order it says there are no compatible matches for my machine. Can anyone guide me in the right direction for a 8GB ram upgrade for my 13" i5 MBP. Thanks CJ

The actual capacity for the memory slots are 16GB.
If you decide to continue photo editing and video editing, i would recommend 16GB. Unfortunately it is quite a bit more expensive
If you do purchase 8GB, make sure that it is this type: 2x4GB - 204-pin PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIM
I believe Crucial offer a warranty for their memory, so if there are any problems, contact them and they should resolve any issues!

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    0xffffff804dd5bd70 : 0xffffff8007e3c61b
    0xffffff804dd5bdc0 : 0xffffff8007e6dbb7
    0xffffff804dd5be30 : 0xffffff8007a9876f
    0xffffff804dd5be80 : 0xffffff8007a20b4d
    0xffffff804dd5beb0 : 0xffffff8007a10448
    0xffffff804dd5bf00 : 0xffffff8007a1961b
    0xffffff804dd5bf70 : 0xffffff8007aa6546
    0xffffff804dd5bfb0 : 0xffffff8007acf473
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f880f5000->0xffffff7f8812cfff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f880b2000
             com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f881 4c000->0xffffff7f883eefff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f880b2000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xff ffff7f88138000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f880f5000
             com.apple.GeForce(8.1.6)[0E3D8776-A5B7-3D82-9BFD-9188170B358D]@0xffffff7f8907a0 00->0xffffff7f89147fff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f881 4c000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xff ffff7f88138000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f880b2000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f880f5000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    12F45
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Sun Sep 29 13:33:47 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: EA38B02E-2B88-309F-BA68-1DE29F605DD8
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000007800000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8007a00000
    System model name: MacBookPro4,1 (Mac-F42C86C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 61729687682
    last loaded kext at 41976095715: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60 (addr 0xffffff7f8932c000, size 32768)
    loaded kexts:
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    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.1.7f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver    1.0.2d2
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.11d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver    2.4.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.4.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.6.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.3d0
    com.apple.GeForce    8.1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.4.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU    4.1.7f2
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.1.7f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.3.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.1.11
    com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup    8.1.6
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.3d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver    237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    320.15
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.5.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache    34
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.3.5
    com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224    600.36.17
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    635.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2    3.2.3b1
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    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
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    com.apple.security.quarantine    2.1
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    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.6
    com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
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    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.12
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    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    8.1.6
    com.apple.NVDAResman    8.1.6
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