The reasons  I considered a change is adobe cs5 which will be 64 bit only. If I would upgrade I would upgrade only to 8GB of ram (i've got 4GB right now)
I don't know I'm not so techy. Will this SIW info help you give me  good advice?Manufacturer    Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Family    
Product Name    GA-MA785GM-US2H
Serial Number    
SKU Number    
PC System Type    Desktop
Machine Type    AT/AT COMPATIBLE
Infrared (IR) Supported    No
DMI System UUID    30303234-31444431-36343435-FFFFFFFF
UUID    34323030-4431-3144-3634-3435FFFFFFFF
     
Windows System Assessment    
CPU Score    6.20 (Calculations per second)
Memory Score    5.50 (Memory operations per second)
Graphics Score    4.00 (Desktop performance for Windows Aero)
D3D Score    5.30 (3D business and gaming graphics performance)
Disk Score    5.90 (Disk data transfer rate)
Windows Experience Index    4.00 (Base score)
     
Disk Space    Disk C: 188 GB Available, 232 GB Total, 188 GB Free
     Disk D: 195 GB Available, 233 GB Total, 195 GB Free
     Disk E: 33 GB Available, 372 GB Total, 33 GB Free
     Disk F: 11323 MB Available, 1430797 MB Total, 11323 MB Free
     Disk G: 48 GB Available, 698 GB Total, 48 GB Free
     
Physical Memory    2815 MB Total, 884 MB Free
Memory Load    68%
     
Virtual Memory    5628 MB Total, 2525 MB Free
     
PageFile Name    C:\pagefile.sys
PageFile Size    2814 MB
In use    808 MB
Max used    875 MB
Registry Size    80 MB (current), 682 MB (maximum)
     
Profile GUID    {e29ac6c0-7037-11de-816d-806e6f6e6963}
     
The system clock interval    15 ms

Motherboard
Property    Value
Manufacturer    Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model    GA-MA785GM-US2H
Version    x.x
Serial Number    
     
North Bridge    AMD 785GX Revision 00
South Bridge    ATI SB750 Revision 00
     
CPU    AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240 Processor
Cpu Socket    Socket AM3 (938)
     
System Slots    4 PCI
     
Memory Summary    
Maximum Capacity    2048 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size    4096 MBytes
Memory Slots    4
Error Correction    None
     
Warning!    Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed


CPU
CPU Name    AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240 Processor
CPU Code Name    Regor
Vendor    AuthenticAMD
Number of Bits    64
Instruction Set    MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64, NX, VMX
Platform Name    Socket AM3 (938)
Revision    DA-C2
Technology    45 nm
Original Clock    2800 MHz
Original System Clock    200 MHz
Original Multiplier    14.0
CPU Clock    2813 MHz
System Clock    200.9 MHz
HT Link    2009.2 MHz
Number of Cores    2
Core #1    
Speed    2812.8 MHz
Multiplier    14.0
Core #2    
Speed    2812.8 MHz
Multiplier    14.0
Virtual Technology Supported    Yes
Hyper Threading Supported    No
Cache    
L1 Data Cache    2 x 64 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache    2 x 64 KBytes
L2 Cache    2 x 1024 KBytes

Memory Top348
Property    Value
Memory Summary Top349
Property    Value
Maximum Capacity    2048 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size    4096 MBytes
Memory Slots    4
Error Correction    None
DRAM Frequency    338.3 MHz
Memory Timings    5-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Device Locator Slot 1 Top350
Property    Value
Manufacturer    Kingston
Serial Number    49CC3A5C
Capacity    1024 MBytes
Memory Type    DDR2 (PC2-6400)
Speed    400 MHz (DDR2 800)
Supported Frequencies    266.7 MHz, 333.3 MHz, 400.0 MHz
Memory Timings    4-4-4-12-16 at 266.7 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    5-5-5-15-20 at 333.3 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    6-6-6-18-24 at 400.0 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Data Width    64 bits
Manufacturing Date    2009, Week 25
EPP SPD Support    No
XMP SPD Support    No
Device Locator Slot 2 Top351
Property    Value
Manufacturer    Kingston
Serial Number    49CC2F5C
Capacity    1024 MBytes
Memory Type    DDR2 (PC2-6400)
Speed    400 MHz (DDR2 800)
Supported Frequencies    266.7 MHz, 333.3 MHz, 400.0 MHz
Memory Timings    4-4-4-12-16 at 266.7 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    5-5-5-15-20 at 333.3 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    6-6-6-18-24 at 400.0 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Data Width    64 bits
Manufacturing Date    2009, Week 25
EPP SPD Support    No
XMP SPD Support    No
Device Locator Slot 3 Top352
Property    Value
Manufacturer    Kingston
Part Number    KTC1G-UDIMM
Serial Number    67238A64
Capacity    1024 MBytes
Memory Type    DDR2 (PC2-6400)
Speed    400 MHz (DDR2 800)
Supported Frequencies    200.0 MHz, 266.7 MHz, 400.0 MHz
Memory Timings    3-3-3-9-12 at 200.0 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    4-4-4-12-16 at 266.7 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    5-5-5-18-23 at 400.0 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Data Width    64 bits
Manufacturing Date    2010, Week 2
EPP SPD Support    No
XMP SPD Support    No
Device Locator Slot 4 Top353
Property    Value
Manufacturer    Kingston
Part Number    KTC1G-UDIMM
Serial Number    65238B64
Capacity    1024 MBytes
Memory Type    DDR2 (PC2-6400)
Speed    400 MHz (DDR2 800)
Supported Frequencies    200.0 MHz, 266.7 MHz, 400.0 MHz
Memory Timings    3-3-3-9-12 at 200.0 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    4-4-4-12-16 at 266.7 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings    5-5-5-18-23 at 400.0 MHz, at 1.8 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Data Width    64 bits
Manufacturing Date    2010, Week 2
EPP SPD Support    No
XMP SPD Support    No

Windows 7 has a good sound manager, I wanted something that's program specific.