Restore of OSX

iMac 2006 20 inch new hdd just installed - unable to initialise internet recovery of OSX
Must I purchase a OSX Boot DVD?
It is a dumb machinen but it will boot to a Windows Install disc and load it. HDD been reformatted by Apple Genius since but she was unable to install Snow Leopard or OS10.4 blaming it on incompatible RAM which was 6400 fitted as an upgrade a year ago eith no operational problems. Now it has its original 2x512Mb cards of 5300 RAM.
What do I do next?
Very frustrated.

Your model is too old for Internet Recovery. You must reinstall at least Snow Leopard 10.6.8 from which you can then upgrade further if you wish.
Clean Install of Snow Leopard
Be sure to make a backup first because the following procedure will erase
the drive and everything on it.
     1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
         with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
         After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
         a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
     2. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue
         button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
         After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
         size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
         partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
         and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
         (Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
     3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
         with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
     4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
         Assistant. Be sure you configure your initial admin account with the exact same
         username and password that you used on your old drive. After you finish Setup
         Assistant will complete the installation after which you will be running a fresh
         install of OS X. You can now begin the update process by opening Software
         Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your installation current.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.

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