Portege M700 - SATA speed/standdard for new SSD

Hello,
I would like to by SSD disk for my Toshiba Portg M700-116.
Which SATA dish speed can I buy?
SATA 1.0 (SATA 1.5 Gb/s)
SATA 2.0 (SATA 3 Gb/s)
SATA 3.0 (SATA 6 Gb/s)
Thank you
Jan

Hi
Im not quite sure about the SATA specification but I think the Portege M700 supports an SATA II HDD controller.
However, you can install some hardware diagnostic tools like SANDRA Sisoft to get detailed controller specifications.
But SATA is backward compatible and this means that even if you would use an SATA III SSD drive, the SSD would be recognized but speed would be limited to SATA II performance.

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