In Search of ultimate G5 1.8 powerPC MOD/UPGRADE??

I was in search of maximizing my G5 without having to purchase a new G5. I just read a lil something on solid state SSD drives. Now here is what i am trying to acomplish. I am running PROTOOLS 8.0 with a 002 digidesign interface. Im trying to run my setup with the least hickups as possible. since Digidesign/AVID After spending an arm and a leg getting this set up Apple and Avid seem to keep wanting to dig and empty my pockets of any left over change i may be hiding from them in order to get info on running this setup in optimal state. So basically what im in search of is...HOW AND WHAT DO I DO TO GET MY MAC TO RUN THIS DAW WITHOUT WORRYING THAT I PURCHASED WRONG HARDWARE/RAM/DRIVES/MORESTUFF just to get protools working correctly using as many plugins and software that i may need to finish a session with complete confidence. being that i have all the right tools in place? just not enough muscle behind it? Im simply running protools 8.0 LE "nuthin major" I think... I just ant my guitar/piano/keyboard/drum/proccessor plugins to run smooth. I have a powermac 7,3 model ID. Dual 1.8 ghz powerPC G5 4gb DDR SDRAM. what else do i need? ANYONE?

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If that setup works well, you may want to just use it that way long term.  Or, you can clone the 80GB drive to a new faster SSD or hard drive, then swap them out.
Maximum RAM depends on your specific Power Mac G5 model.  Some 1.8 GHz models are 8GB max and some are 4GB max. You can find your specific Power Mac G5 here
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/index-powermac-g5.html
and look at the profile page to get more details.

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