K8N Neo4 and Memory

Hi.  I'm running 32-bit XP Pro and I need more memory but my K8N Neo4 is fully populated with 4 x PC2700 512Mb dimms.  I'm planning to buy 2 x 1Gb PC2700 dimms and use two of the existing 512Mb dimms.  I've looked at the manual for my m/b and it leaves me confused when it refers to double-this and double-that.  Can someone help me by telling me if the following memory would be suitable for my board:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=pc2700+ddr&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLG_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=12882859307161477854&ei=AotAS7HBLqL00gS_1KiSBQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCUQ8wIwAg#ps-sellers
With my limited understanding of what should go where, I'm planning on putting the two 1Gb dimms in the green slots and the 512Mb cards in the purple slots.  Does that sound right?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Hello!
What processor and PSU have you got? What is your exact motherboard? http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=searchresult&keywords=K8N+Neo4+
One-sided memory is where memory chips, the thin black boxes on the memory sticks, are one side. Double-sided where chips are on both sides.
If you have the K8N Neo4-FX you can use up to 4 GB of memory. Your OS can't see that much. Even it may sound a little uneconomical to you, I would replace all the smaller sticks for 4 x 1GB of memory, in two kitted pairs. Should be DDR, PC2700, Non-ECC, Non-REG, 2,5 volt. It isn't certain Dual Channel will be enabled, but the size will do the difference anyway.
However the memory in your link isn't optimal for Nvidia chipsets. Corsair is what I would get.

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