New Gaming Build, can I run GTX 970 and Intel 750 SSD as boot drive?

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I'm doing my first fully self-built system, and despite all my searching and reading, I'm not sure about one part of my system.

-I want to use the new Intel 750 NVMe PCIe SSD as my only storage device (boot, games, and all else), and also want to use GTX 970 as my graphics card


Proposed SPECS:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K (will overclock with Noctua NH-D14 cooling or similar)
Mobo: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX
Grfx: GeForce GTX 970 (EVGA 04G-P4-3975-KR or MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G)
SSD: Intel 750 400GB PCI-E NVMe SSD


My confusion is on the CPU's 16 PCIe lanes, is that enough? I'm almost 100% certain the motherboard will support both Grfx and SSD because of the bolded part below (confirm?), but wondering if the i5-4690K will be a bottleneck and cause less than full performance of either the SSD or GTX970:

Mobo ASRock Z97 Extreme3 PCI specs:
- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE3: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE3))
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot
- 3 x PCI Slots


GTX 970 requires PCIe 3.0 x16 (according to specs page)
Intel 750 SSD requires PCIe 3.0 x4 (though can work at less than full capacity with less)

So can Motherboard and CPU handle both without any performance hit to either?

Thanks for any help!
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $990.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-10 23:25 EST-0500

No compability issue, yes you can put your SSD

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Im just curious, why you pick I5 - 4690k (Haswell) When there is Skylake?


Differnce is you need to get a DDR4 RAM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Intel 750 Series 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $979.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-10 23:27 EST-0500

If you want the max I5 with overclock, you can get it by adding 50$ from that total.
 
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Wow, thank you for such a quick response! I went with Haswell because I read that the Intel 750 SSD was only compatible with Z97 and X99 chipsets. That looks like it was old information given your response. Is it safe to assume that Z170 is fully compatible? If that's the case I will definitely upgrade to a skylake system, and I appreciate your suggestions.

As for the PCIe lanes, does the CPU's 16 lanes mean it only directly connects to 16 PCIe lanes, but the chipset can handle more? If that's true, does routing through the chipset affect performance at all? If you know the answer would you be able to explain that for me?

Thanks,
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Compability to Z170 - Yes - http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-z170-board-with-three-intel-750-ssds-equals-ludicrous-speed_169781- There is some on reviews i think it should be fine.

PCI Lanes -
It depends on the CPU as far as i know. Example if you dual cards, since CPU only supports 16 PCIE Lanes than it going to use 8 / 8. Since Intel SSD only uses 4, i do really think it will be like 8 GPU, 4 SSD, 4 Free (On the third slots), but well. im no master at this, but when i do remember there is a thread in here about PCI Lanes. So im going to link you up there. I hope it gonna help.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2405813/pci-lanes-work.html
 
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