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On the Asrock Z170M Extreme4 it has ultra m.2 gen3 which i was looking to utilize. My first question is that if i buy a samsung 950 pro for the m.2 slot will it be in the way of the graphics card (EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card) being able to go in the first PCIe x16 slot. If so placing it in the second am i looking at major performance loss?

Last question is that if it all works and the graphics card can go over the m.2 with a i5 6600k what kind of boot time am i looking at?
 
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You are looking at 5-7 secs from post (when OS starts to load) to login screen with win 10.
M.2 slot usually utilizes the chipset PCIe lanes, while graphics card is using CPU PCIe lanes - no performance hit.
You can install them with no problem.
The only thing that I less like about this setup, is that graphics card with open design cooler like yours, will blow the hot air directly on the SSD.
I'd put the card in the second slot just to avoid that heat on SSD.
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You are looking at 5-7 secs from post (when OS starts to load) to login screen with win 10.
M.2 slot usually utilizes the chipset PCIe lanes, while graphics card is using CPU PCIe lanes - no performance hit.
You can install them with no problem.
The only thing that I less like about this setup, is that graphics card with open design cooler like yours, will blow the hot air directly on the SSD.
I'd put the card in the second slot just to avoid that heat on SSD.
 
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Thanks for the reply,
If i could pick your brain one more time, just to clarify the ssd will fit under the graphics card?
And surly if i put the graphics card in the second slot it will perform worse since its only getting x8 power vs x16 or is that not the bottle neck for the card
Quick note - Just changed the card to a (MSI Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Graphics Card - Black (Aero 8G OC, 8 GB, GDDR5, PCI Express 3) which is a blower style, thanks for the tip :)
 
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you'll get 2 for the price of one:
1. Yes you can put
2. no, there will be no difference. PCIe 3.0 x8 will perform exactly the same as x16 with modern cards. None of them can utilize the x8 bandwidth. even at x4 you will see almost same performance (1-2FPS) as with x16 :)
 
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