Mac Mini Hdd to SSD

I would like to know which ssd's I can put in my november 2006 1.66Ghz MAC MINI upgraded to 2.33Ghz C2D? I realize this seems vague, I'd like to get a kingston sata III 80GB, so will it work and just run at the speed of the mac mini or do I need to get sata I or II. Will any SSD work or are there ones speciffically for Mac?

Hopefully you do get more help here, only thing close could find eas the 120 GB one working on SATA1 Windows machine in a review...
With older machine, not a whole lot of performance boost, but that could just be the because of SATA1.
http://www.staples.com/Kingston-SSDNow-V300-120GB-25-SATA-III-6-Gb-s-MLC-Interna l/product_104020#pr-header-back-to-top-link

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