Upgrade PowerMac G4 model m8493

Dear All ...
actully im new in Mac world .. im Microsoft guy and i would like to go deep inside Mac world ...
actully i have an old Mac desktop machine PowerMac G4 733 MHz and i wolud like to upgrade procssor and RAM plus VGA card so any one can help me to know exactly up to how i can upgrade processor and RAM ...
Thanks

Hi! You have a Quicksilver G4. You have 3 ram slots into which you can stick 512mb sticks of ram for a total of 1.5gb. You can find a processor HERE and they have a lot of other good Mac stuff. I'm a Sonnet person myself and use THIS one. HERE is the ram page for your machine. And HERE is the video card page for your machine. Just don't buy something that not "mac compatible". If you need larger drives you may want to add a SATA card such as THIS one. Happy computing! Tom

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42739
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Upgrade PowerMac G4 model m8493

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