Is SATA III compatible with my motherboard?

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http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=445

That is my motherboard. I want to upgrade to this SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233220

But I don't know whether or not it would be compatible. Help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Edit:
Also, could i just buy a small piece of hardware to make it compatible for the full 6gb/s? Such as a SATA controller card? (I'm looking into these things I'm just not 100% sure about everything)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=16-132-030&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo
Would that fix my issue?
 
The drive is backwards compatible with your motherboards SATA II controller so it will work limited by the SATA II interface. It is still a massive increase from a mechanical HDD, adding a card for SATA III will get you some increase over the SATA II but the PCIe X1 ver2.0 will not allow full SATA III speeds.
I personally would get the drive running it on the motherboards SATA II connection.
 

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Alright thanks for the help.
I just look at YouTube videos of people running SATA III SSDs and they're booting Windows in like 14 seconds and their applications nearly instantly. Will SATA II be a huge performance decrease from that?
 

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You both helped me out equally. I'm just going to build a new computer. I selected mfleming as best answer because of the link, but rolli provided the answer to my original question. Thanks everyone