SATA Raptor HD in a Quicksilver 2002

The speed and reported reliability of the WD Raptor is hard to beat. Since installation in G4 requires a PCI adapter card and the PCI slots are only 33MHz, would a Raptor actually be able to shine in my quicksilver in terms of speed... drive reliability aside as that seems a given.
Also are there major sleep and boot reliability issues with SATA cards in an Quicksilver 2002 as in a DA?

"Since installation in G4 requires a PCI adapter card and the PCI slots are only 33MHz, would a Raptor actually be able to shine in my quicksilver in terms of speed"
If I am not mistaken, the maximum throughput on a 33MHz slot is 132MB per second. Most single hard drives can only transfer 40-50MB per second, and only go faster in very short bursts.

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