Can you help me ID whether my Vostro 1700 can support SATA II SSD drive?

I'm sorry if this thread is somehow answered in another way elsewhere.
I've looked, and read many threads but I am still not sure.

I have a Dell Vostro 1700 that (very sadly) has Vista on it.
There are so many things messing up with the OS that I can no longer take the time to research and repair them.
I figure the best thing to do is get a new HD and do a clean install (and possibly upgrade) of the OS.
Since I work often in a 3D modeling software, it would help if I could boost the speed a bit, so I'm thinking SATA II SSD, but I do not know how to confirm whether the chipset / controller will support it.
I have a Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller v7.0.0.1020, though I'm pretty sure there's a newer version out.
Any thoughts?