PowerMac G5 1.6 ghz upgrade for music studio

Hello!
I have recently acquired a friend's old Powermac G5 1.6ghz and am hoping to bring it up to speed, as this computer is now almost 8 years old. Still runs fine... miraculous. This will be a new tool for my remedial recording studio, and as such, I don't want to spend too much to get this thing into shape.
First step, I do now this much, is to upgrade memory. The machine is currently running two 512mb, and has two empty slots to fill. I was thinking two 1gb ram cards would do just fine, bringing the total to 3gb, which is plenty for my needs.
So first questions...do apple computers require a certain memory card?
Is there any reason I should spend more for this http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/2700DDR2GBP/, as opposed to this http://cgi.ebay.com/PC2700-1GB-DDR-SDRAM-1-GB-PC-
2700-DDR333-1G-RAM-184-pin_
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Is there a distinction?
Second. The computer is currently running on OSX 10.4.11. A software upgrade is in order once I get the thing connected to the internet, BUT, is there a good reason to upgrade to OSX 10.5? I am currently typing on a Powerbook G4 running 10.5, and it works great, but I'm wondering if there's any reason to run an older machine with an OS, or if it even makes a difference.
That is it for now. I do appreciate the help, I know these may be elementary questions, but I got to start somewhere.
Thank you!
Best, K

Hi K, how did you start this topiv... seems to run off mt 1280 wide screen!?
No telling on the RAM other than the OWC will work, many generic/PC modules will not work in Macs if High Density or aren't all that great on JDEC compliance.
I was thinking two 1gb ram cards would do just fine, bringing the total to 3gb, which is plenty for my needs.
But not for OSX's needs, especially if going to 10.5.
BUT, is there a good reason to upgrade to OSX 10.5?
Catch 22, 10.5 seems to use multiple CPUs better than 10.4, but requires twice the Disk Space, twice the RAM to mention just a few.
If Security is an issue, then 10.5 is the choice,

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