Power Mac G4 upgrade..what should i get

I have the pci graphics 400mhz model (1999). My budget is £100 and i would like to add more ram (it has 256 just now), pci cards, new hard drive, smart card reader and possibly a new graphics card and, anything else i can sqeese into the budget. Any info on where i could find some bargins (i live in the UK), or any ideas of thigns i could add onto my G4?
any replies are greatly appreciated.

Hello DreamBlogger,
I have a G4 400 mhz. PCI the same as you. I got some memory from ebay.co.uk. Put this number 180111643083 in the ebay search. He still has some left at a very good price. I bought 2 and they are both installed and working fine. Max RAM is 4 x 256 meg one in each of the 4 slots.
I also bought a USB 2 PCI card at a car boot sale on Sunday which has the NEC chip set. I am going to install it on Thursday. I will post back with good or bad news on Friday.
Hope this helps,
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