New Z170 LGA 1151 Extreme-6: Want to boot into Win10 on M.2-SSD

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I'm putting together a new system build, based on the aforementioned mobo. I'm prepared to use a standard SATA 2.5" SSD for the boot disk, but I'd prefer to use an M.2 SSD instead. Will this mobo support that? Are there and particular types/brands of M.2-SSDs that I should use, or specific ones I should avoid? Any input from your experience/knowledge-base would be appreciated.
 
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Most of the M.2 SSD's on the market have no speed advantage over a regular SSD connected to a SATA 6GB/s port.
Their are some out but very expensive.
I would buy a regular Samsung 850 EVO and use that unless your just running benchmarks you will never see any real world difference.
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Most of the M.2 SSD's on the market have no speed advantage over a regular SSD connected to a SATA 6GB/s port.
Their are some out but very expensive.
I would buy a regular Samsung 850 EVO and use that unless your just running benchmarks you will never see any real world difference.
 
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Thanks for your speedy reply! I hadn't realized that the PCIe versions of the M.2's (faster than SATA versions) were also TRIPLE the price.

So if I'm back to a standard SATA SSD for a boot drive (my primary issue being SSD=boot drive), is your recommended Samsung 850 EVO proven to work OK for that purpose on the Z170 board? The reason I ask is because yesterday I was reading about some SSDs that would function fine as a simple storage device, but could not be made to work as a boot drive.
 
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