SSD in Asus notebook - capable of using it properly?

Apologies, I know there are like a bazillion threads about SSDs and I have gone through a few of them, but I just can't seem to have gotten a clear enough picture because of one particular issue. I have an N43 in transit and after going through some of these threads, I decided that I would like to get an SSD for it (thinking a 120GB OCZ Vertex 2, SATA 300, ~250-280MB/s), but then I stumbled upon this thread suggesting that Asus notebook chipsets can only make use of hard drives to the extent of SATA 150, not SATA 300. So that even if I had a SATA 300 HDD or an SSD in there, it would still be capped at a read/write of 150?

So, first question - is this true? And if so, would replacing the hard drive with an SSD still yield any notable improvements? I've seen plenty of people around NBR mention that adding an SSD to their laptops reduced load times and increased responsiveness in a very clear way, would this be because other manufacturers produce laptops with SATA 300 capable chipsets? Or is it that even when capped to SATA 150 an SSD will still make a significant difference over a 5400 or 7200 RPM HDD?

 

The chipset for the N43 lists SATA II (300 MB/s) support. Either way, you will still see much faster response from an SSD than a HDD.

 

The laptop should support sataIII, on my G73 in my benches im passing over the SataII limit, and yes its worth it, even without the tweaking, its miles away from a hdd in terms of responsiveness.

 

I have the 120GB OCZ Vertex 2, SATA 300 fitted in my G51JX, its the best upgrade I have ever done, gives a huge increase in read/write times

 

Thanks everyone, load off my heart! I'll get to ordering the SSD today.

Can I ask, where did you find the detailed system specs? I've been looking around Google since yesterday, but no luck. Manual on Asus website has nothing either, it's unbelievable. Especially if I get an SSD I should look into it to know whether I have to worry about these threads describing how to restore performance on Intel 4/5/965 chipsets.

 

There's a post on NBR with Asus' laptop details. It lists the N43 as using the Intel HM55 chipset.

 

Ah, there it is, thanks!

 

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

 

Heh... Well look at that. Okay, my bad.

 

I guess I don't get it a link to another notebook?