RAM for Performa 6300

Hello everybody,
Recently, my son brought a Performa 6300 that its previous owner did not use any more. It works, although it is kind of slow.
Now, I thought I give it some more RAM. I have already found out that it takes 72-pin SIMMs, up to 2 x 32 MB, 80 ns or faster.
Is there anything else I have to consider? Double-sided vs. single-sided, EDO vs. non-EDO. Certain makes that will not work?
Any help will be gratefully appreciated.
Regards,
Michael
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A compatible 32 MB SIMM will have 16 chips on it, with 8 per side. If you had a taller SIMM with 16 chips all on one side, it may or may not work. Additionally, many 72-pin EDO SIMMs used in PCs are parity SIMMs, which aren't supported in Macs.
As for the Performa 6300, it is a marginally-designed PowerPC Mac, having very little value today (maybe $5). Even if you add memory to max it out at 64 MBs, it will still be sluggish with the 1995-vintage Motorola 603/100 MHz processor. With only 1 MB of the installed DRAM reserved for onboard graphics support and no PCI slot for a Mac graphics card, video performance is impacted, in terms of the size of display that can be used and the resolution and color depth desired. When I see beige G3s or early iMacs selling for $20 at thrift stores, it's clear that a Performa 6200 or 6300 really isn't worth investing $1 toward upgrades (the only possible options are memory, a larger IDE/EIDE hard drive, or faster SCSI optical drive). The money spent on any of these upgrades could be put toward a faster, newer (used) Mac, having much more potential and better overall performance. I don't know what your son hopes to use this Mac for, but if it's just word processing or very simple, old Mac games - he'll be satisfied. If he wants to use it for the internet, he'll be disappointed, because it wasn't designed to handle the web as it is today.

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