Converting an early 2005 powermac 2.0ghz to a 2.3ghz

i fell into an early powermac g5 2.0ghz. the processor runs fine for what i need but id like more memory than the 4gb allowed. ive found some reasonably priced 2.3 processors on ebay and such and was wondering if i can swap them out and put 2gb of memory in each slot to bump up to 8gb allowed with the stock 2.3ghz machine? or am i just stuck where im at? the processors on ebay are complete units, so i would just be swaping out the whole set, no soldering etc.

the processor runs fine for what i need but id like more memory than the 4gb allowed.
It would be cost-effective to figure out first if you really need more RAM. Here's the simplest way:
1) Run the computer for several days without a restart (sleep is OK). Do all your normal activities and programs.
2) Launch Activity Monitor. Look at the bottom of the window for this section (this is from 10.6; 10.5 may look a bit different:
3) Note the entries for "Page Ins" and "Page Outs." In this example the "Outs" are only a trivial percentage of the "Ins" indicating the computer is not struggling for RAM. If the "Outs" get to be 10-25 percent of the "Ins" you need more physical RAM. In this example from an Intel iMac quad-core i7 with 4GB RAM, the computer has not been restarted since the first week in May so this is a pretty representative status for my computer.

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