Total Wipe and Reload of Power Mac

I am receiving a Dual 2.5 Power Mac from a co-worker, as she has upgraded to a Mac Pro. She is suggesting a complete wipe and reload of the machine because she experienced the occasional quirky problems (freezes, etc). There is nothing on the machine that needs to be saved, data, applications, or otherwise.
What's the best way to do a complete wipe and reload? Is it as simple as just reinstalling the OS from the install discs?
Thanks for helping me with what is probably a basic procedure.

1. Insert your Mac OS X CD-ROM disc or Restore DVD disc, then restart the computer while holding the c key until you see the spinning gear.
2. Once started up from CD or DVD, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from disc to access Disk Utility.
3. Choose the entire disk (top icon).
4. Choose erase tab.
5. Click on "Security Options"
6. Choose "write zeros".
7. Erase
This will take a bit of time because the computer is physically writing zeros to each block.
Then from the Installer menu choose to install and continue.
-mj
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