New Hard drive and ram upgrade

Hi
my mac tower g5 is running quite slow at the moment and the hardrive is really loud, so i can tell you its on its way out. Will replacing this make it run much faster or is it running quite slow due to the fact I am using a powerpc?
I want to use this for Logic 9 Pro just to get recording done at home, ill do more powerful plugin based stuff on my Macbook pro.
I dont know what age this is, can you find out?
I need to know what hardive to buy and what ram? Any recommendations?

How am i meant to know the age of the g5 though?
This is the info on your machine:
Serial number: CK417J43***
Name: PowerMac G5 (2003)
Model: g5
Group1: PowerMac
Group2: G5
Generation: 1
ModelCode: g5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,2
Model introduced: 2003
Production year: 2004
Production week: 17 (April)
Production number: 20947 (within this week)
introduced test: GOED
CPU speed: 1.8GHz
Family name:
Factory: CK (Cork, Ireland)
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
More:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/stats/powermac_g5_1.8_dp.html
Also I have already installed Logic 9 Pro studio as I know a way past the needing an intel processeor to run it.
Nice!
If you are in Europe, Kingston RAM is a good brand for the G5.
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/machine.php?name=powermac-g5

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shldr2thewheel wrote:
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