I am looking to upgrade RAM

I have the 2.0 GHz Unibody Macbook released in 2008 with 2GB of RAM.
At any time i am using my Mac i have, at the least, iTunes, Mail, Safari and Tweetie open.
I very often use Photoshop CS5, Final Cut Express, Lightroom CS5, iPhoto, iMovie or Photobooth as well.
I know i need to upgrade my RAM but i have never done it before.
How much do you think I need?
what is the best brand?
Best combinations of memory?
And about how much would it probably cost me?

I have the 2.0 GHz Unibody Macbook released in 2008 with 2GB of RAM. I had previous upgraded to 4 GB of RAM (i bought the RAM kit from Crucial). I would like to upgrade to 6GB now. For some reason, crucial scanner does not seem to be working? I checked on the crucial site and they do not offer 6 GB kit. Macsales on the otherhand has a 6 GB kit (4GB +2 GB). Do i need to buy the whole kit ( i already have 2 2GB ram sticks or is it okay if i just replace one of them with a 4GB stick (combined of 6 GB)?
Thank you for the support.

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